Volume 1

Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum.

  • British Museum. Department of Manuscripts (Stowe MSS)
Date:
1895-1896
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Catalogue of the Stowe manuscripts in the British Museum. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LITUKGICAL BOOKS. 10. “ Missale secundum usum Eomane ecclesie.” Written apparently for a Franciscan house in Northern France. Preceded by a calendar (ff. 1-6). Vellum; fi. 263. xvth cent, (after 1450, St. Bemardinus, the Franciscan, canonized in that year, being included in the calendar). In double columns; with a full-page illumination of the Crucifixion facing the “Te igitur” (f. 113 b), and a few illuminated initials. Bound in blue morocco. Folio. 11. Missale Eomanum, executed at Lisbon for the rectification of the services of the Portuguese Church, by order of John III., King of Portugal [1521-1557], and completed after his death under the patronage of his wife. Queen Catherine, and his brother Henry [Cardinal and Eegent during the minority of King Sebastian]. A preface (f. 6) by “ Diegus Sygeus Toletanus senior,” addressed “ ad regalium sacrorum decanutn dignissimum ac reliquum Sacerdotium, de Missali recens emendato,” states that it was undertaken at the suggestion of Antonius Pignerius [Antonio Pinheiro, Bishop successively of Miranda and Leiria, oh. 1585], and was begun in 1557 and completed in 1563. Described on the title-page (f. 2) as “ Sacerdotale Volumen ad ritum san : Eomanae Ecclesiae scriptum, in quo habentur CXL. Missse; quibus Portugal: Eeges interesse solenniter consuevere praeter Epistolas et Evangelia quae separatim sunt de industria excripta, ad faciliorem Subdiacc; at Diaconor; usum, emendata omnia exactiss: pientiss: lohannis III. Eegis ductu atque imperio, Olyssip : anno salutis mdlvii.” A table of contents is given on ff. 3-5. There is no calendar, and the Temporale (f. 7 b) is immediately preceded by the office “ Ad aquae benedictae aspersionem.” The Commune Sanctorum is also absent. Vellum; ff. 173. In double columns, with gold borders. Pro- fusely ornamented with illuminated initials, the larger of them containing miniatures. A leaf, which probably had a full-page miniature, has been cut out before the “ Te igitur” (f. 74).