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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    some questions and responses in English, attributed to St. Anselm, f. 41;—(8) De extrema Unctione, with the Commen- datio animarum. Some leaves have been cut out at the end of this office, f. 48 b;—(9) Vigiliee mortuorum. f. 62 ;—(10) Inhumatio defuncti. f. 102;—(11) “ Missa pro mortalitate vitanda, quam dominus papa Clem ns instituit cum omnibus cardinalibus et concessit omnibus predictam missam audientibus ducentos et sexaginta dies indulgencie.” At the end of the office (f. 115) is a rubric mentioning an indulgence granted on 19 July, 1411, by Eobert [Hallam], Bishop of Salisbury, “ in castro suo de Schirborn.” f. 113;—(12) “Ad missam de nomine lesu officium.” f. 115 b;—(13) “ Missa de sancta Maria per adventum.” f. 119 b. Vellum; ff. 120. xvth cent. In vellum binding, with a small oval stamp of the Crucifixion in the centre. Belonged to Thomas Astle, who gives a facsimile of a portion of it in his Origin and Progress of Writing, pi. xxviii. no. 15, p. 153. 18mo. 14. “ Ceremoniale ad usum Canonicorum S. Crucis, domus Parisien- sis ”: the ceremonies and order of the church service throughout the year. Begins, “ Incipit ordinarium. De pulsationibus. Quando fratres debent,” etc. The title is written in a later hand on the fly-leaf. With a table of chapters at the end. Vellum and (If. 69-90) paper; ff. 90. The text on the vellum leaves is written in several hands of xvith cent.; the remainder, according to a note at the end, by Egidius Hunault, “ conventus Parisiensis,” and finished 12 June, 1610. At the beginning (f. 3 b) is a roughly executed miniature, unfinished, representing a seated figure, with landscape in the background. On f. 2 is the note “Conventus Sauctse Crucis, 1684,” and in handwriting of the same time the name “ Franciscus de Prime.” Above is the entry “ donne par le prbe. Martin Cordelier le 28 May 1703.” On f. 1 b is the title repeated by Tho. Astle. Large Octavo. 15. Lessons from the Four Gospels, in Latin, containing the narratives of the Nativity, Baptism, and Passion, from the Synoptists, and the whole of the Gospel of St. John except the portion from ch. XX. 19 to the end, which is lost. The Lessons occupy seven quires and one leaf of the eighth, which is imperfect (ff. 26-84), and are written in a hand of the late 12th century. They are preceded by five quires (some imperfect) and followed by one quire, containing mis- cellaneous notes and records, chiefly relating to the business of the Exchequer: viz. (1) Notes of committal of sheriffs’ attorneys