Historiae Sanctorum

Finland, Turku, 16th century, first quarter

paper

i, 54, i' leaves

195 × 140 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 2r–53r) Historia sanctorum

Edition: Maliniemi (1957), pp. 39–184.

1.1 (ff. 2r–7v) Office for St Henrik (20 Jan.)

Rubric: Henrici Canta Laudes hystoria sancta

Incipit: Gaude cetus fidelium Henrici natalicium

Explicit: gaudet cetus fidelium Amen

Final rubric: Explicit hic cantus henrici dummodo tantus

Note:

f. 7: Translation of St Henrik.

1.2 (ff. 8r–11v) Office for St Erik (18 May)

Rubric: Historia De Sancto Erico martire et rege

Incipit: Assunt erici regis solennia laude regem

Explicit: nobis placa martir bone ihesum dei filium alleluia

Note: f. 8r, bottom margin: a distich in hexameter in red: ‘Presul et Henricus servant nos sanctus Ericus / Sic fugit iniqus hos diligit omnis amicus’.

1.3 (ff. 11r–13v) Office for St Erasmus (3 June)

Rubric: De Sancto Erasmo

Incipit: Oracio Da nobis quesumus omnipotens deus Vt quyi beati erasmi

Explicit: a sancti angelis cum gloria in secula seculorum Amen Tu

1.4 (ff. 14r–18v) Office for St Eskil (12 June)

Rubric: De sancto Eskillo

Incipit: Oracio antiphona supra psalmum Letabitur Responsorium O proles britanie

Explicit: tue sis familie dulcis Consolator Amen

Final rubric: hic finitur historia beati Eskilli

1.5 (ff. 18v–20v) Office for St Sunniva (8 July)

Rubric: In festo Sancte suniue virginis et martiris sociorum eius

Incipit: Svpplicacionibus nostris quesumus omnipotens deus

Explicit: cui est honor et gloria in secula Seculorum Amen

1.6 (ff. 20v–24r) Office for St Elin of Skövde (31 July)

Rubric: Hystoria de Sancta Helena

Incipit: Capitulum militem fortem FElix parens vesgocia

Explicit: vivamus eterna Magnificat anima Mea dominum

1.7 (ff. 24v–27r) Office for St Barbara (4 Dec.)

Rubric: De Sancta Barbara

Incipit: Capitulum Confitebeor Optaui et datus est michi \sensus/

Explicit: atque saluatore nostro ihesu christo in secula seculorum Amen

1.8 (ff. 27r–29r) Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (21 Nov.)

Rubric: In festo presentacionis Sanctissime virgine marie

Incipit: Expedit fidelium deuocioni beatissime virginis marie

Explicit: et post hanc fragilem vitam felicitatem eternam nobis prestare dignetur Tu autem antiphona Deo gracias

1.9 (ff. 29r–30v) Office for St Knut (7 Jan.)

Rubric: kanuto Die Sancto kanuto rege et martire

Incipit: oracio Deus qui Beatum kanutum regem

Explicit: de quibus longum est per singula enarrare Tu autem

1.10 (ff. 30v–33v) Office for St Ansgar (4 Feb.)

Rubric: In festo Sancti ansgarii episcopi et confessoris

Incipit: Deus qui populo tuo eterne salutis beatum ansgarium

Explicit: per tres menses continuo infirmatus Die Beati blasii quieuit in pace Tu autem Domine

1.11 (ff. 33v–34v) Office for St Dorothea (6 Feb.)

Rubric: De Sancta dorothea

Incipit: Oracio Omnipotens sempiterne deus in cuius nomine gloriosa virgo et martir dorothea

Explicit: Sic quod theophilus ad christum perrexit Tu

1.12 (ff. 34v–36r) Office for St Simeon (9 Feb.)

Rubric: Die Sancto Symeone

Incipit: Collecta collecta PErfice in nobis quesumus Domine graciam tuam qui iusti Symeonis exspectacionem implesti

Explicit: ipsum quem genuit adorauit

Final rubric: Cetera omnia Sicut in communi vnius confessoris

1.13 (ff. 36v–40r) Office for St Sigfrid (15 Feb.)

Rubric: De sancto Sigfrido

Incipit: Antiphona SAnctus sigfridus anglie Ortus

Explicit: sine terminacione tecum celi mansione Magnificat anima mea dominum

1.14 (ff. 40r–41r) Office for St Gertrude (17 Mar.)

Rubric: De sancta Gertrude

Incipit: Oracio Deus qui Beatam Gertrudem Virginem

Explicit: Cuius animama sancti angeli ad celestia gaudia detulerant Tu autem Deo Gracias

Note: f. 41r Below the main text: ‘A baratri pena salua nos virgo serena’.

1.15 (ff. 41v–44r) Compassio Mariae

Rubric: Historia De Compassione Beate marie virginis

Incipit: STabat virgo dolorosa mater christi generosa

Explicit: nobis donet sine fine perfrui leticia alleluia Magnificat anima

1.16 (ff. 44v–49r) Office for the Patron Saints of Sweden (3-9 July)

Rubric: hystoria de sanctissimis patronis

Incipit: IOcundare mater ecclesia noue lucis agens solennia

Explicit: In qua semper gloriantur beatorum anime psalmus Magnificat anima

1.17 (f. 49r) Office for St Birgitta (23 July)

Rubric: In festo Sancte Birgitte

Incipit: Rosa rorans bonitatem

Explicit: Signum magnum appar\v/it amicta sole femina solem

Note: imperfect;

1.18 (ff. 49v–53r) Office for St Christoffer (25 July)

Rubric: De sancto christofero legenda

Incipit: Oracio Omnipotens sempiterne Deus fortitudo constantium

Explicit: ut si quis deum aut christoforum blasphemaret continuo gladio feriretur Tu autem

Final rubric: finiunt lecciones De sancto christofero

Physical Description

Secundo folio

REgnante illustrissimo rege

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: ff. LCI, SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 195 × 140 mm

Textblock

Locus: pp. 1–54

Leaf dimensions: 195 × 140 mm

Watermark 1

Motif: P

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Contemporary foliation in Roman numerals in the top margin.

Collation

Note: 1(8), 2(10), 3-6(8), 7(6, lacks 5-6) Note: VisColl collation

Layout

Columns: 1

Written lines: 24–28

Written area: 140 × 105 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 2r–49v)Gothic semihybrida. Scribe: Nils Jakobsson Byrkop.

Hand 2

(ff. 50r–53r)Hybrida.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner: National Library book label.

(f. SL1r) Paper note glued to page, in ink by a modern hand: list of saints.

(f. SL1v) Top of page, in ink by a modern hand: ‘sign. A. 56 i Antiqvitets Arkivet.’.

Textblock

(f. 1r)

(f. 1v)

(ff. 54r–54v)

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red (green on (ff. 46r–47v)), capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(f. 2r): Opening plain initial G over 3 lines in red.

(ff. 2r–53r): plain initials over 2 lines in red. On (ff. 45v–49r) the initals are written in green. (f. 19v): flourish in red added to the last initial on the page.

(f. 34v): initial outlined in black in, filled with red and black.

(ff. 44v–45r): cadel intial I over 4-6 lines in black, filled in with red.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding. Leather and marbled paper over cardboard.

Binding dimensions: 205 × 145 × 20 mm

Contemporary: No

Finland, Turku, 16th century, first quarter. Written and owned by Nils Jakobsson Byrkop. His name is found on f. 22v: ‘Nicolaus est pres huius libri’; f. 37r: ‘Nicolaus Iacobi Byrkop est pres huius Codicis’; f. 46r: ‘Qui me scribebat nicolaus nomen habebat’. For more on Nils, see Maliniemi (1957), p. 21.

Provenance

Early provenance unknown.

In the 18th century the manuscript belonged to the Antiquities Archive. There, it was listed in the invetories as: ‘no. 151, Lectiones historicae de sanctis Sveciae et patronis. Ms papper’, (U 90:1, f. 13r);

‘no. 24 Lectiones historicae de sanctis Regni Sueciae Martyribus et patronis olim in eclesiis Suecanis usitate’, (U 90:2); the same title is found on f. 1v; ‘no. 24’, (U 90:4, p. 79); ‘Andelige böcker på papper skrifne in Quarto O 24’, (U 91:1); O 24 (U 91:2:1); ‘A 56’, (U 93).