Missal

Sweden, 14th century

parchment

175 leaves

195–295 × 195–295 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1ra–98rb) Proper of time

Incipit: [mut.] Per huius domine operationem mysterii

Explicit: In resurrectione tua christe alleluya Celum et terra letentur

Note: Several leaves missing in the beginning. The Proper of time begins with the Sunday after Nativity and the Office of St Sylvester. On f. 96vb: the lesson for Good Friday ‘In tribulacione sua mane consurgent ad me’ (Hos. 6:1); on f. 97ra: part of the Resurrection Sunday antiphon ‘Vidi aliquam egredientem de templo’ (CAO , no. 5403); the feasts in between missing due to lost leaves. The first part of the Proper of time ends on f. 98rb with the Resurrection Sunday antiphon ‘Sedit angelus’ (CAO, no. 4858), and continues after the Ordo and Canon missae.

2 (ff. 98rb–105ra) Ordo and Canon missae

Rubric: Dicto offertorio et calice preparato sacerdos stans in medio altaris et dicat

Incipit: Ueni sanctificator omnipotens inuisibilis deus

Explicit: sit te miserante propiciabile in vitam eternam Amen

Note:

The Canon begins on f. 102ra.

Additions on ff. 105ra–105vb: excerpts from Psalms and the prayer ‘Deus qui tribus pueris’ (f. 105ra), followed by the votive mass ‘Missa de quinque vulneribus Iesu Christi’, ed. Grüninger (1488); see Kleberg (1974), p. 131.

3 (ff. 106ra–166ra) Proper of time (continued)

Incipit: Resurrexi et adhuc tecum sum (Ps. 138:18)

Explicit: in nostra mente uitiosum est tue ipsius meditationis curetur Per dominum

Note: The Proper of time begins with the Resurrection Sunday introitus and ends with the twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

4 (ff. 166rb–167vb) Dedication of the church

Rubric: In dedicatione ecclesie ad missam officium

Incipit: Terribilis est locus iste

Explicit: Qui viuis et regnas cum domino patre in vnitate spiritus sancti deus

5 (ff. 168ra–175vb) Proper of saints

Rubric: Sancti siluestri episcopi et confessoris collecta

Incipit: Sacerdotes tui domine

Explicit: Ego sum uitis vera participacione numeris [mut.]

Note:

The Proper of saints begins with St Sylvester (31 December) and ends with St Vitalis (28 April, incomplete). A leaf missing after f. 172v.

Notable feasts:

f. 168v: St Vincent the martyr (22 Jan.)

f. 172rb: St Scholastica (10 Feb.)

f. 172vb: St Juliana the martyr (16 Feb.)

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: RCI

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 195 × 295 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–175v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 295 × 195 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in black ink 1r-175r.

Collation

Formula: 1(10, lacks 1-2), 2(10), 3(8), 4-10(10), 11(10, lacks 10), 12-13(10), 14(10, lacks 2-9), 15-18(10), 19(10, lacks 6 and 10).

Note: VisColl collation

Catchwords: Catchwords visible on quires 2-7, 12-15 and 17.

Condition

Binding/Endleaves

Very worn.

Textblock

Several leaves missing at the beginning and end of the codex. f. 1r: Half of the leaf missing. Leaves missing after f. 96v, f. 105v, f. 126v, f. 172v. Repairs on f. 8r, f. 51r, f. 54r, f. 62r, f. 68r. Holes in the parchment throughout the volume, as well as smaller holes caused by insects. Several leaves torn, stained and dirty. Dried plant material has been placed in the gutters between f. 38v and f. 39r; f. 58v and f. 59r. Musical notes and text erased on f. 14r.

Layout

Columns: 2

Ruled lines: 33

Written area: 210/210 × 140/140 mm

Note: Guidelines and ruling in brown ink. Prickings in the margins.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Textualis formata.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner: National Library book label with the current signum in black ink. In black ink by a modern hand: Kongl. Bibliotheket 175 blad 1858.

(Spine) Paper label with the former signum ‘7’ in brown ink.

(RCI) Fragment of antiphonary, possibly 12th century, with neumatic notation.

Textblock

(f. 1r) Bottom of page, in brown ink by an early modern hand: ‘Lectiones et Cantiones annuae diebus Dominicalibus et festis per totum annum.’

(ff. 15r–25r) In the margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: references to the main text, especially Bible books.

(f. 104v) Top of page, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: ‘Domine sancte pater omnipotens eterne deus Da mihi hoc corpus quod sanguinem vnigeniti filii tui domini Dei nostri ita sumere vt merear per hoc remissionem omnium peccatorum meorum accipere et tuo sancto spiritu repleri quia tu es Deus et preter te non est alius cuius regnum gloriosum permanet in secula seculorum Amen’. Bottom of page, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: a liturgical text added in textualis, partially illegible.

(ff. 105ra–105vb) In brown ink by two contemporary hands: excerpts from Psalms and a votive mass (see Contents above).

(f. 105vb) Inventory from Husaby-Ernavi (later Husby-Långhundra) church in Uppland; see Kleberg (1974), pp. 132–133; SDHK, no. 19970.

(ff. 128v–135r) In the right margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: references to Bible books. On (f. 132v) an illegible reference due to text loss.

(f. 165r) In the right margin, in black ink by a contemporary hand: the number ‘xxiii ’corrected to ‘xxiiii’.

(f. 170v) Bottom of page, in dark brown ink by a contemporary hand: text and musical notation for ‘Sicut audiuimus et vidimus in ciuitate dei nostri in monte sancto eius’ (the Alleluia verse for the Feast of the Purification of the Virgin).

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink. Rubrics in red. Capitals touched in red. Roman numerals in red ink in the margins as well as in the main text.

Images:

(f. 101va) Canon miniature drawn in brown ink: Crucified Christ with eyes closed, Mary and John at either side of the cross; in the corners, symbols of Evangelists holding banderoles without text.

Initials:

(f. 100va), ‘P’, (f. 102ra), ‘T’, (f. 106ra), ‘R’, (f. 166rb), ‘P’: Puzzle initials in red and blue over 6-12 lines with extensions in the margin. Flourished initials in red and blue ink over 2-4 lines throughout the volume. Plain initials in brown and red ink over 3-4 lines in the musical notation. Plain initials in red and blue over 1 line throughout the volume.

Bookmarks:

(f. 18r): Bookmark in leather. (f. 26r):Trace of bookmark in leather with a blue thread.

Musical Notation

Textblock

Four lines per stave, square notation. f. 133r: Staves without notation.

Binding

Description:

Late medieval binding. Red leather over wooden boards. 6 double raised bands and 2 endbands. 2 clasps on LCO, on RCOtwo hooks with remnants of a strap. A vertical crack on  LCO has been repaired at an unknown occasion with two brass plaques, fastened with five screws on each. Leather torn on  Spine , exposing some of the raised bands. Head and Tail decorated with a zig-zag pattern in red and green.

Binding dimensions: 295/295 × 195/195 × 75/75 mm

Condition: Very worn.

Contemporary: Yes

History

Origin

14th century Sweden

Provenance

Origin and early provenance unknown, but most likely the volume was produced in Sweden. According to Schmid (1928), the missal was probably intended for the diocese of Uppsala. Helander (2001), on the other hand, finds no obvious model for the contents of the missal.

In the 1420s, the volume belonged to Husby-Långhundra Church(formerly Husaby-Ernavi), Uppland. The vicar Hans Johansson is mentioned in a note on  f. 105vb, dated 1422 (see  SDHK, no. 19970).

The volume was acquired by the Antiquities Archive at an unknown occasion. The older signum, ‘7’, appears in the inventory from 1722 (U 90:4, p. 49). The current signum, ‘A 6’, was first established in Helin's catalogue from the 1720s (U 91:2:2).

Acquisition

From the Antiquities Archive to the Royal Library at an unknown occasion. According to a note by the librarian Anders Wilde in Berch's catalogue (U 93), the volume was not among the manuscripts delivered from the Antiquties Archive in 1780. The same note has an addendum from 1859, noting that the volume was extant in the National Library by then.