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Breviary, in Latin, decorated manuscript on vellum [France (probably Autun), fourteenth century]
Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description
- Vellum
219 leaves, 190mm. by 130mm., wanting single leaves before fols.70, 111 and 203, 4 leaves before fol.4 and a few leaves from end, else complete, collation: i6, ii4 (the first half of the gathering cut away), iii8, iv-v10, vi-viii8, ix7 (of 8, wanting last leaf), x9 (last a singleton), xi-xii8, xiii8 (last 2 singletons), xiv-xvii8, xviii10, xix-xxi8, xxii-xxiii9 (both with singletons at front), xxiv-xxv8, xxvi7 (last a singleton), xxvii10, single column, 19 lines in black ink in a late gothic bookhand, music on a 4-line red stave, one- and 2-line initials in red or blue, larger initials on fols.95r and 127r in red and blue, a bearded man's face added within initial on fol.7r, a number of leaves partly torn away with losses to text, discolouration, scuffing and smudging throughout, else fair condition, original dark leather over bevelled wooden boards, slightly wormed, rebacked and restored, brown cloth slipcase
Provenance
provenance
1. Perhaps made for the church of St. Leger, Couhard, near La Rochelle: certainly for the diocese of Autun, the Calendar with St. Leodegarius (here "Leger") in red, seventh-century bishop of the town, 2 October; and nineteenth-century French inscription inside front board identifying it as from there.
2. Bergendal MS.119; bought by Joseph Pope from Fogg in November 1997: Bergendal catalogue no.119Catalogue Note
text
The volume comprises: a Calendar (fol.1r); the hymns, "Nocte surgentes vigilemus" and "Primo die" (fol.7r); a Ferial Psalter (fol.8v) interspersed with hymns; and the eleven canticles and Athanasian Creed (fol.170r), followed by further hymns and prayers.