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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    16. Hours of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are:— (1) Calendar, f. 3;—(2) Office of the Virgin, f. 9;—(3) The Penitential Psalms and Psalms of Degrees, with Litany, f. 48;— (4) Office of the Dead. f. 72;—(5) Hymn to the Virgin, beg. “Salve virgo virginum stella matutina.” f. 120;—(6) Prayers to the Virgin, imperfect at beginning, f. 124; — (7) Miscellaneous prayers and hymns, f. 128 b. Vellum; ff. 152. Early xvth cent. Executed in England; with good illuminated initials and borders at the beginning of each office, and a few miniatures. The calendar contains the following additions: obit of Henry VII., 21 April, 1509 ; “ sayntt Fremunde Eayre att Dunstabyll,” 11 May; obit of John Eotheram, 9 Aug. 1492 ; obit of Eoger Eotheram, doctor of laws, 26 Aug. 1477 (c/. f. 149 b). On two fly-leaves at the beginning (ff. 1 b, 2) is a prayer, entitled “ The gloiious Inuo[ca]cion of our saviour Jesu,” in English, apparently in the same hand as the calendar, and with the name of the writer given as Eichard Wauton. At the end (ff. 150 b-152) are additional prayers of the 15th cent., including a commemoration of “ Eex Henricus pauperum et ecclesie defensor,” etc. (f. 151), with the litany “ ora pro nobis, beate serve Dei, Henrice,” and a prayer beg. “ Deus qui beatum Henricum Eegem tuum sanctum militem, ecclesie defensorem et pauperum amicum, in omnibus adversis (?) perfecte caritatis amore decorasti,” etc. On f. 1 are the names of George Eotheram [15th cent., see also f. 150], Eichard Thompson [Dean of Bristol, oh. 1685], and Walter Harte, who bought the MS. from the widow of Dean Thompson, in 1686. Three leaves have been replaced in facsimile (ff. 29, 75, 78), and a leaf is missing before f. 124. Bound in red velvet. Octavo. 17. Hours of the Virgin, etc., in Latin and French. The contents are:—(1) Calendar, in French. Among the saints are:—30 Jan. “Adegou le virgene ” [Aldegonde, Abbess of Maubeuge] ; 17 Mar. “Gertrus” [Gertrude, Abbess of Nivelles] ; 18 April, “Ursmart” [Abbot and Bishop of Lobbes] ; 23 April, Albert [Bishop of Liege, patron saint of Maestricht]; 28 Apr. Transl. of St. Lambert [Bishop of Maestricht] ; 30 Apr. “ Quitin ” [Quentin, patron of Hasselt] ; 13 May, Servais [Bishop of Maestricht], red letter; 23 May, Wibert [Guibert, Abbot of Gembloux]; 8 June, Medart; 1 July, “ Monegou ” [Monegonde, of Tours] ; 25 Sept. “ Aman ” [Amand, Bishop of Maestricht]; 30 Sept. “ Folhin ” [Folcuin, Abbot of Lobbes]; 3 Oct. Hubert [Bishop of Maestricht and Liege]; 23 Nov. “ Tron ” [founder of St. Trond]. Instead of their usual names, the months June and July are called “Eesailh” and