Prayer book
Ms. prayer book; written in northern Italy or southern France, third quarter of the 15th century.
Compilation of liturgical and devotional texts, including the Office of the Dead for Rome use; perhaps for a Franciscan convent. Many rubrics in French. At some time after the manuscript was first completed it was cut down and a section of black-painted leaves, written in red and gold ink, was added (fol. 316-331); the manuscript was then rebound.
Incipits for different texts: Fol.: 1 - Incipit officium ad honorem angelorum beatissimorum recolendum ad omnes horas; 1-1v - De angelo qui apparuit beato Petro in carcere liberaris eum; 1v-2 - De victoria beati Michaelis archangeli contra luciferum et angelos eius; 2 - Visio beati Johannis in apochalipsi de angelo prohibente et flagella terre (?); 2v - Visio beati Johannis in apocalipsi de omnibus angelis Deum laudantibus et adorantibus; 3 - De beato angelo Raphaele; 6v - De angelo apparente pastoribus in hora nativitatis Christi; 9v - Explicit officium; 10 - Incipit ritimi [sic] sanctorum angelorum; 11 - 4 stubs and a blank leaf; 12 - Forma ordinum angelorum...; 13 - Explicit ritimi; 13 - Incipit officium sancti spiritus; 19v-22 - Dominica in resurectione; 23 - Beatus Jeronimus in hoc modo breviter disposuit...; 23v - Incipit ordo psalterii sancti Jeronimi; 48v - Hic est oratio sancti Cipriani: Ego Ciprianus...; 57v - Incipit ordo sancti Brandani monaci Beatus Brandanus et monacus fecit hanc orationum...; 75 - In nativitatis Domini; 82v - In compceptione BVM; 84v - Deus qui beatissimum Annam...; 87v - blank; 88 - Marian salutations; 90 - Psalter, 4-line initial B; 90 - Incipit Psalterium Beate Marie; 160v - Explicit Psalterium Beate Marie; 164 - Incipit officium Beate Marie secundum cur. Rom. Eccl.; 187 - Officium defunctorum; 196v - Officium de Passione Jesu Christe; 199 - Lamentationes Virgine Marie; 210v-211 - Officium de sancti Spiritu; 214v - De Corpore Christi; 216v - French rubrics: Les dignites de nostre dame sainte Marie sont cestes...; 219 - Pape benet del ordre de cyteaux fit cestre oresco(?)... (indulgences?); 220 - Les J x'pistr moustre a Sainte Brigid a maniere de prier...; 221 - A tous...per ppe Boniface sext se otroyent .ii. mile ans de indulgence. A la simplication du Roy de france; 223 - Lepitre que envoya Leo papa a Charles roy de France...; 224 - Obsecro te; 225v - Hore beate Katerine; 228 - Missa contra mortalitatem...Clemens sextus instituit...; 230v - Ici sensivient (?) les xx vers du sautier...; 250 - Explicit egregius tractatus beati Anselmi; 250 - Oratio devotissime sancti Thome de acquino; 251v - Explicit oratio devotissimo Thome de acquino; 251v-252 - Passio secundum Johannem; 254 - In laudibus BVM; 264 - Honorius episcopus (?); 264 - Incipit regula fratrum minorum; 272 - Explicit regula fratrum minorum; 272 - Incipit testamentum beati Francisci; 278 - Incipit vita frarum penitencie; 290 - Comence lofice de la benediccion de la table (see Paris BnF Latin 760 - Franciscan Breviary - has this section fols 631-632v); 294v-297v - blank; 298 - In vigilia Ascensionis; 316 - Begin black leaves: 1 quire of 8, ends in catchword; quire(s) missing; last quire of 8 Painted rather than stained; probably 2nd quire of black leaves was left blank after text ending upper fol. 328, then continued in red and gold until end, fol. 331v. Fol. 332 is blank flyleaf.