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Epistle Lectionary and Capitular
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, ii modern parchment flyleaves + 185 fols. + ii modern parchment flyleaves, 207 x 141 mm (138 x 865 mm), 20 long lines, ruled in faint plummet, catchwords
BINDING: fifteenth century, dark red-brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on three supports, elaborately tooled with foliage patterns in gold, YHS stamped in gold in the centre of the upper cover, XPS on the lower, traces of four straps on upper cover, two extant catchplates and traces of two more on lower cover
CONTENTS
fols. 1r-145v Epistle readings for the Temporal from Advent Sunday to the last Sunday after Pentecost
fols. 145v-173v Epistle readings for the Sanctoral from the feast of St Andrew (Nov. 30) to the feast of St Catherine (Nov. 25)
fol. 173v Common of the Saints as rubrics referring to readings in the Sanctoral
fol. 174r Epistle reading for the Dedication of a Church
fols. 174v-176r Epistle readings for Votive Masses and Masses of the Virgin
fol. 176r Epistle readings for Masses for the Dead
fols. 177v-182r Capitula for the Office for the main feasts of the church year
fol. 182v Capitula for the Offices of the Feast of the Relics and Dedication of the Church
fols. 183r-183v Capitula for the Common of Saints
fols. 184r-185v Added prayers by three different scribes: Rogo te domine ihesu christe (scribe 1), Oratio Thome Aquine ante missam dicenda and Oratio sancti Ambrosii dicenda ante missam (scribe 2), Domine Iesu Christe written in Hebrew letters (scribe 3)
ORNAMENTATION: Foliate initials [4-6 ll.] with foliage stems in pink, red, green and blue, infill of simple patterns or leaves, some with very small extension sprays with gold balls (e.g. fols. 1r, 110v), the initial on fol. 1r accompanied by a full border with foliage clumps in the centre of the upper and lower frame, and single flowers in the corners; gold framed initials [3 ll.] with coloured infill decorated with white rinceaux (e.g. fol. 76v); alternate red and blue pen-flourished initials [2 ll.] with penwork extensions forming a vertical border to the text area (e.g. fol. 33v) for most of the Epistle readings.
History note: Made for a Carthusian monastery, as revealed by the contents of the Sanctoral; cutting from a sale catalogue pasted on the recto of the first flyleaf: ‘28 Lectionarium Romanum. Manuscript on vellum £12 12s. Cent XV’; Samuel Sandars (1837-1894), his bookplate inside upper cover; presented by him to the Museum on 18 Oct. 1892.
Method of acquisition: Given (1892) by Sandars, Samuel
15th Century, Mid-Late#
Production date:
circa
AD 1475
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: MS 39
Primary reference Number: 179710
Project ID: 297
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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