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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    for that of St. Anthony, f. 207;—(9) Hymn to the Virgin, in French, beg. “ O digne preciosite.” f. 218. Vellum; fif. 224. xvth cent. Executed in France. With miniatures and elaborately designed borders. In some instances the figures of men or animals in the borders are only outlined, the colour not having been put in. Initials illuminated throughout. A note at the end (f. 224) states that the volume was given to Catharine Lecamus, by her father, that she may pray for him and for her mother, Jehanne Fortin, who died 10 July, 1595. An inscription in her own hand inside the cover at the beginning repeats this statement. The father’s signature, “ Lecamus, notaire, 1592,” is on the inside of the cover at the end, and the binding, of brown calf stamped with gold pimpernels, bears the name of Nicolas Lecamus. A note on the fly-leaf states that the volume was in the library of [Henry Stuart] Cardinal York (ob. 1807). Duodecimo. 26. Hours of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are;—(1) Calendar, f. 1;—(2) “Ofiicium sancte crucis.” f. 14;—(3) “OfScium de sancto Spiritu.” f. 23 ;—(4) “ Missa [de] beata virgine Maria.” f. 30; — (5) “ Officium beate Marie virginis secundum usum Romanum.” f. 45;—(6) “ Officium beate Marie virginis quod dicitur per totum aduentum.” f. 124;—(7) “ Septem psalmi peni- tenciales,” with Litany, f. 135;—(8) “ Officium mortuorum.” f. 160;—(9) “Psalterium beati leronimi.” f. 214;—(10) “ Oracio devota [de] beata gloriosa virgine Maria.” f. 236. Vellum; ff. 244. xvth cent. Executed in the north of France. With miniatures, illuminated borders round the first page of text, and small illuminated initials throughout. Bound in red velvet. Small Duodecimo. 27. Hours of the Virgin, etc., in Latin. The contents are:—(1) Calendar, f. 3 ;—(2) Hours of the Holy Cross, f. 9;—(3) Hours of the Holy Ghost, f. 17 ;—(4) Hours of the Virgin, f. 22;— (5) The seven Penitential Psalms, with Litany, f. 75;—(6) The Vigils of the Dead. f. 92 ;—(7) Commemorations of the following saints :—Anne, Mary Magdalene, Katherine, Barbara, Margaret, Apollonia, John the Baptist, Nicholas, Christopher, Anthony, Sebastian, Francis, f. 121. Vellum; ff. 129. xvth cent. Executed probably at or near Tournay {cf. calendar, 9 May, 1 Oct., 6 Dec., 14 Dec.). With miniatures and illuminated borders and initials, of inferior work. With the names, as owners, of Barbele Van de Waeterliet (f. 129), L . . . . strymeersch, 1614 (f. 2), and J. L. Van de Walle, 1760 (f. 1). The book-plate of arms of the last is inside the cover. Duodecimo. C