Martyrology — c. 1500; Germany, Westphalia, Hamm, convent
MS. Add. A. 283
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Description
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Title
Martyrology — c. 1500; Germany, Westphalia, Hamm, convent
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 283
Place of origin
Germany, Westphalia, Hamm, convent
Date
c. 1500
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper
Physical extent
i + 92 (91) + i leaves, with parchment flyleaves
Hands
Written by two different hands
Binding
Brown leather on boards, almost plain, injured at the back
Acquisition
Bought from William George, bookseller of Bristol (Catalogue 117, no. 392), on 4 December, 1884 for £2 10s
Provenance
Westphalia, Hamm, convent: fol. 92: 'Istud martirologium scribi fecit et disposuit humilis et inutilis frater Henricus de Bercka[v.d. Berghe] ordinis minorum de observantia immeritus gardianus pro illo tempore conventus in Hammone pro usu huius loci. Et idem, ex caritate quam semper ad hanc domum habuit, procuravit et solicitavit consensum domine terre et totius capituli pro conservatione huius capelle cum longa et frequenti instantia. Quapropter petit idem frater rectori huius domus et socio suo et universis devotis sororibus presentibus et futuris in vita et in morte haberi commendatus' ( c. 1500)
Fol. 1v: 'Hic libellus pertinet ad templum consecratum in honorem sancte et individue trinitatis et beate Marie Virginis atque omnium [sanctorum] quod germanice yn Heilbeck[= Hilbeck] nominatur in quo Henricus Geriseim misam quod et ferme quinque annos fecerat cantabat cum Henrico et Johanne Coloniensibus atque alter quidam quos dominus in viam suam dirigat. amen. Anno M o VoXXIX in die Oculi mei et cetera'. There are many names of 'cantatores huius ecclesie', etc., chiefly from Cologne. (Hilbeck is near Hamm in Westphalia)
Richard de M. Lawson, London, February xxiii. MDCCCLVII
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Title
A Martyrology, based on and abbreviated from the work of Usuardus
Shelfmark
MS. Add. A. 283
Summary
A Martyrology, based on and abbreviated from the work of Usuardus, written in about A.D. 1500 in Westphalia.
Date
written in about A.D. 1500 in Westphalia
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On paper; binding, brown leather on boards, almost plain, injured at the back
Physical extent
93 Leaves
Custodial history
'Hic libellus pertinet ad templum ... sancte ... Trinitatis et beate Marie Virginis atque omnium [Sanctorum ?] quod germanice yn dem Heilbech [Hdbeck] nominatur ... Anno m ve xxix In die Oeuli mei [3rd Sunday in Lent] et cetera': there are many names of 'cantatores huius ecclesie' etc., chiefly from Cologne. Hilbeck is near Hamm in Westphalia. 'Richard de M. Lawson, London, February xxiii. mdccclvii'.
Acquisition
Bought from Will. George, bookseller of Bristol (Catal. 117, no. 392), on Dec. 4, 1884, for £2, 10s.
Subject
Saints
Christian literature
16th century
Calendar
x - 15th century
