A: Kyriale, Sequences, etc.; B: Franciscan votive missal; German, A: 13th cent., B: 14th cent.
MS. Lyell 44
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Title
A: Kyriale, Sequences, etc.; B: Franciscan votive missal; German, A: 13th cent., B: 14th cent.
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 44
Place of origin
German
Date
13th century
14th century (?)
Language
Latin
Contents
MS. Lyell 44 – Part 1 (fols. 1–9)
Kyriale, sequences, etc.
1. (fols. 1–2v, 5v) Part of kyriale with neums on 13 staves of 4 red lines, ruled in ink: (fol. 1) ‘In dupl. m⟨aior⟩ verte duo f⟨olia⟩’, beg.: Cunctipotens genitor deus, pr. Anal. Hymn. XLVII, p. 50. Ends (fol. 2v) with ‘diebus cantatur in ferialibus’. On fol. 5v there is another Gloria and Kyrie with square notation ‘in semidupl. m⟨ai⟩oribus’, following the preceding item (3c) without a break.
2. (fols. 3–8) Gospels of the genealogy of Christ, with neums on 11 staves of 4–6 red lines, ruled in ink: a (fol. 3) ‘Secundum Luc⟨am⟩’: Luc. iii. 21-iv. Ends fol. 3v; b (fol. 7) ‘...Initium sancti evangelii secundum Matheum’: Matt. i. 1–16.
Sequences, items a-d with square notation on 13 staves of 5 lines, the rest with neums on 11 staves of 4 or 5 red lines, ruled in ink. AIl printed in Anal. Hymn. LlV.
a. (fol. 4r–v) Incipit: Ave virgo gratiosa virgo mater gloriosa
b. (fol. 4v–5) Incipit: Salve mater saivatoris
c. (fol. 5r–v) Incipit: Veni sancte spiritus et emitte
d. (fol. 6) Rubric: De piissiissima[sic] matre
e. (fol. 6–7) Rubric: De dulcissima rosa
f. (fol. 7) Incipit: Ave plena dignitatis gratia
4. (fol. 8v) Incipit: ⟨S⟩anctus. ⟨D⟩ivinum misterium semper declaratur et mens
5. (fol. 9) Common preface of the Mass, with neums, for three voices, on staves of 4 or 5 lines, ruled in red ink. Ends fol. 9v.
MS. Lyell 44 – Part 2 (fols. 10–54)
Franciscan Festive and Votive missal
1. (fol. 10) Prefaces of the Mass, with square notation on a three-line stave, ruled in red ink, beg. imperf. in the common preface, ends fol. 17, followed (fol. 17v) by the Canon of the Mass, ends fol. 22v. In a space left blank on fol. 17 has been inserted a mass for St. Bartholomew; cf. Van Dijk, Sources of the Modern Roman Liturgy, 1963, II, pp. 295–6 .
Collection of masses taken from the temporale, sanctorale and common, and votive masses, without any apparent order. References are given to corresponding parts of Haymo of Faversham‘s Ordo Missalis, ed. Van Dijk:, op. cit., vol. II. a (fo1. 45) ‘Dominica resurrectionis’, Van Dijk, p. 251; b (fol. 45v) ‘In die pent.’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 258; c (fol. 46v) ‘De sancta trinitate’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 318, no. 2; d (fol. 47) ‘De sancta cruce’, Van Dijk, p. 319; e (fol. 47v) ‘De S. Maria’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 318, no. 5; f (fol. 48v) ‘In adventu domini de Sancta Maria’, Van Dijk, pp. 319–20; g (fol. 49v) ‘In dedicatione sancti Michahelis’, Van Dijk, p. 300; h (fol. 50v) ‘In festo sancti Iohannis ewangeliste’, Van Dijk, p. 213; j (fol. 51) ‘De sancto Francisco’, Van Dijk, pp. 300–1; k (fol. 51v) ‘In sancte Katherine v. et m.’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 305; l (fol. 52v) ‘Officium de sancto Nicolao’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 271; m (fol. 53) ‘Missa pro peccatis’, version not in Van Dijk, beg.: Si iniquitates observaveris; n (fol. 54) ‘Missa ad poscenda suffragia sanctorum’, Van Dijk, p. 321, no. 9; o (fol. 54v) ‘Missa generalis pro vivis et pro defunctis’, Van Dijk, p. 324, no. 37; p ‘Missa pro ⟨per⟩secutoribus ecclesie’, Van Dijk:, p. 321, no. 10; q (fol. 23) ‘Missa pro seipso sacerdote’, Van Dijk, p. 322, no. 16; r ‘Missa ⟨pro⟩ devotis amicis’, Van Dijk, p. 324, no. 33; s (fol. 23v) ‘Missa pro temptatione carnis’, Van Dijk, p. 323, no. 24; t ‘In sancti Anthonii confess.’ three prayers only: see Van Dijk, p. 284 n. and cf. item nn below, fol. 39; u ‘In sancte Clare virginis’, Van Dijk, p. 293 n.; v (fol. 24) ‘In sancte Elisabeth’, Van Dijk, p. 304; w ‘De sancto spiritu’, cf. Van Dijk, p. 319; x (fol. 24v) ‘In die nat. domini ad missam maiorem’, Van Dijk, p. 212; y (fol. 26) ‘Dominica resurrectionis’, see item a above; z (fol. 26v) ‘In die ascensionis’, Van Dijk, pp. 255–6; aa (fol. 27v) ‘Officium pro defunctis’, cf. Van Dijk, pp. 327–8, no. 63(i) (‘In agenda defunctorum’); bb (fol. 28v) ‘Pro defunctis fratribus’, Van Dijk, p. 329, no. 63(i); cc (fol. 29) ‘Pro defuncta femina’, Van Dijk, p. 329, no. 63(h) ; dd ‘In anniversario’, Van Dijk, p. 329, no. 63(l); ee ‘Pro benefactoribus’, not in Van Dijk, beg.: ‘Oratio’ Deus cuius Misericordie non est numerus; ff (fol. 29v) ‘Pro omnibus fidelibus defunctis’, Van Dijk, p. 330, no. 63(o); gg common of saints, omitting ‘In vig. unius apost.’ for which see item ss below. Cf. Van Dijk, pp. 305–17. Our versions are always less full; hh (fol. 36v) ‘In ipsa die dedicationis ecclesie ...’, Van Dijk, p. 317; jj ‘In ipsa die dedicationis altaris ...’, Van Dijk:, p. 318; kk (fol. 37) masses in honour of the B.V.M. to be said from Christmas to Advent. The first is headed, without explanation: ‘A nativitate domini usque ad purificationem dicatur istud officium’. Van Dijk, p. 320. For the mass which should be the first in this series see above item f, fol. 48v; ll (fol. 38) ‘In anniversario dedicationis’, Van Dijk, pp. 317–18; mm (fol. 38v) ‘Missa pro patre et matre’, Van Dijk, p. 329, no. 63(m); nn (fol. 39) ‘In sancti Anthonii conf.’, Van Dijk, p. 284; oo (fol. 39v) ‘In vigilia sancti Iohannis Baptiste’, Van Dijk, pp. 285–6; pp (fol. 40v) ‘In nativitate sancti Iohannis baptiste’, Van Dijk, p. 286; qq (fol. 41v) ‘In vigilia assumpcionis beate virginis’, Van Dijk, p. 294; rr (fol. 42) ‘In assumptione beate virginis’, Van Dijk, p. 294; ss (fo1. 43) ‘In nat. gloriose virginis’, Van Dijk, p. 297; tt (fol. 44) ‘In vigilia unius appostoli[sic]’, Van Dijk:, p. 305, See item gg above. Ends fol. 44v.
(fol. 44v) Incipit: Cymbola bellantis affigit Gamalielis
Physical extent
54 leaves Margins badly cropped by binder.
Binding
Medieval binding in wooden boards covered with red leather tooled with plain fillets, rebacked; single strap and pin fastening, of which only metal attachment of strap to lower cover remains.
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the library by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
Bought by James Lyell in June 1942.
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