National Library of Sweden, A 92 Medieval Latin Manuscripts in the National Library: Cataloguing and Digitization National Library of Sweden Riksbankens jubileumsfond – The Swedish Foundation for Humanities and Social Sciences Patrik Granholm Elin Andersson manuscripta.se: A Digital Catalogue of Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts in Sweden https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/101097 CC BY 4.0 Sweden Stockholm National Library of Sweden National Library of Sweden A 92 hzmzrwgzfp7w7jlb 004854017 Breviary for the Birgittine monastery of Gnadenberg in Oberpfalz

Fragment of a calendar. Paper

Modern foliation in pencil (76-77 skipped). glued to another leaf.

VisColl collation

1(1), 2(14), 3-11(12), 12(14), 13(10), 14(2), 15(18), 16(3+6+1)

Parchment guards.

Various hands in gothic cursive and textualis.

Mirrored imprints in red and black ink from a lost flyleaf. Top, in black ink by a modern hand: Inköpt från Ludw. Rosenthals Antiquariat i München, för 120 Reichsmark. Insänd 19/7 1886, betalt 31 jan. 1887 o. under s.d. inskrifven. Bottom left corner: National Library book label with current signum in black ink.

Top of page, in brown ink by a modern or early modern hand: Poser. Middle of page, in faded brown ink by an early modern hand: Poser (?).

Top of page, in pencil by a modern hand: M. O J. - Rosenstein 16 Jh.

Letter from Maximiliana Hirschauer, prioress at the Birgittine monastery of Altomünster, to Gustaf Edvard Klemming in August . Rubric: Das Kloster Gnadenberg. Signature: Dr. Sighardt.

Late medieval binding. Light brown leather over wooden boards. Two endbands and three double raised bands. Traces of five bosses on and . On and mirrored imprints of former pastedowns. On , stamped in gold: A 92.

Tooled in blind with double frames on all sides with rectangular patterns in the middle. In the middle panel an X-shaped pattern with surrounding patterns of flowers and lozenges with a foliated staff in the middle.

 Leather worn. Hook and clasp missing. Holes caused by insects throughout the volume.

Germany Gnadenberg monastery , 15th century, last quarter, to 16th century, first quarter. The year is noted on . The calendar on also mentions the years , and . The Confessor General at Gnadenberg in the 1490s, Willibald Marstaller, is mentioned on .

Gnadenberg Monastery.

On , possible provenance notes: Madame de Cahier and Madame de Racine.

Rosenthal's antiquarian bookshop, Munich.

Purchased by the National Library in from Rosenthal's antiquarian bookshop, Munich.

 Lehmann (1937) Lundén (1950) Hedlund (1980) 1 Calendar

Notable feasts:

: St Erhard of Regensburg (8 Jan.);

: St Cunigunde (3 Mar.); St Katarina of Vadstena (22 Mar.);

: St Adalbert of Prague (23 Apr.);

: Translation of St Birgitta (28 May);

: St Willibald of Eichstätt (7 July); St Birgitta (23 July);

: St Birgitta (7 Oct.).

Obits and important events in Gnadenberg monastery are noted by the main scribe,

for example:

: Obiit frater iohannes roperger in vigilia ascensionis anno mocccc 72;

: mccccli Inclusio regularis facta est;

: Anno domini mocccolxxviiio combustum est mollendinum nostrum negligenter;

: obiit dominus vincentius primus confessor huius monasterii.

Absolutions and benedictions Absoluciones et Benedicciones In matutinis Absolucio in primo nocturno Exaudi domine Ihesu Christe deleantur omnia nostra delicta : Blank. Psalter psalmi in completorio Cum inuocarem exaudiuit me (Ps. 4:2) quia angelus domini exercituum est deo gracias (Mal. 2:7)

: Ferial psalter with antiphons, prayers and canticles (Psalms on and added by a contemporary or

near-contemporary hand); : major prayers, ending with two antiphons to the Virgin, Lundén (1947) ;

Votive offices for:

St Mary;

the angels;

the apostles;

St Stephen;

St Willibald;

St Augustine;

St Birgitta;

St Walpurga;

St Anne;

and a hymn to St Augustine.

 Office of St Augustine Incipit hystoria de sancto augustino Letare mater nostra ierusalem fornax nostra est humana lingwa Office of St Anne Incipit historia de sancta anna Terra pontus astra mundus O plena dies : Blank. Office of St Katarina of Sweden hystoria beate katherine de swecia ad versus antiphona Letare syon filia iocunda fac tripudia ipsum ducas ad gaudium degustando diuina : Blank. Klemming (1885) AH 26 The second antiphon for the third nocturne is missing in both editions: Matri Christi decantauit / matris habitaculo / ymnos ei supplicauit / ut succurrat seculo. Office of the Virgin Mary In commemoracione beatissime marie virginis psalmi de virginibus cum antiphonis sequentibus in primis vesperis Ecce tu pulchra es amica mea (Cant. 1: 14) deo patri aue Birger Gregersson Office of St Birgitta Historia in summis festiuitatibus Sancte Birgitte gloriosissime matris nostre antiphona in primis vesperis psalmi Omnia laudate in primis vesperis Birgitte matris inclite festa iocunda suscipe cum deo patre in veritate spiritus sancti deus

: Rosa rorans bonitatem, antiphon by Nicolaus Hermanni; AH 25 .

: Legend of St Birgitta, Ecce descripsi eam tibi tripliciter

: Hymns to St Birgitta, Salue decus feminarum, AH 33 ; : Beatarum mulierum Birgitta sanctissima, AH 46 .

 Undhagen (1960) Common of saints In solempnitatibus apostolorum ad vesperas ab omni aduersitate custodi per dominum

: The Common of apostles;

: The Common of many martyrs;

: The Common of one martyr;

: The Common of a pope and martyr;

: The Common of confessor bishops;

: The Common of confessors not bishops;

: The Common of virgins;

: Prayers, antiphons and readings.

 Cantus Sororum (excerpts) In aduentu domini post completorium vsque ad natiuitatem eiusdem De te virgo nasciturum mundo salvatorem quod fusca sim quia decolorauit me sol (Cant. 1:5) Geete (1895)

Western paper Bull's head with flower and cross, similar to Piccard II:3, XIII, 706. Bull's head with flower, similar to Piccard II:3, XII, 155 or 189. Circle with cross, similar to Briquet 3036. Scales, similar to Piccard V, I:262. Bull's head with cross and crown, similar to Piccard II:3, XV, 343. Bull's head with cross and star, similar to Piccard XI:3, XI, 225. Bull's head with flower and triangle, similar to Piccard II:3, XII, 864. Unidentified watermark. Bull's head with flower and triangle, similar to Piccard II:3, XII, 864. Bull's head with flower and triangle, similar to Piccard II:3, XII, 864. Bull's head with cross and star, similar to Piccard II:3, XI, 225.

Upper half of the leaf missing. Holes resulting in loss of text. : Damage probably caused by a removed bookmark. Blind-ruling. Prickings in the margins.

Various hands, mostly hybrida, often difficult to distinguish.

Gothic cursive, with some unlooped ascenders. Semihybrida. Semihybrida Hybrida, with a few looped ascenders. Semihybrida.

From top to bottom: In brown ink by a modern hand: Madame de Cahier. Underneath this: Madame de Racine. In red-brown ink by a modern or early modern hand: C.1. In pencil by a modern hand: A 92. In brown ink by a modern hand: Saec. XIV fere scriptum. In pencil by a modern hand: Manuscr. a.d. Anfg. d. 16 Jahrh. In black ink by a modern hand: Breviarum för Birgittinerklostret Gnadenberg i Baiern (Oberpfaltz) 1465?-1505. In pencil by a modern hand: * invigdt 1451 (an asterisk in pencil is also found after the word Gnadenberg). In pencil by a modern hand: Blad 76 och 77 överhoppade vid folieringen. In pencil by a modern hand: 97.

Top of page, in black ink by a modern hand: Inköpt till Kongl. Biblioteket från Rosenthals antiquariat i München 24 Juli 1886 för 120 mark. Middle of page, in pencil by a modern hand: Birgitta 79-106. officium, Katherina 67-69. officium.

In pencil by a modern hand: names of months. In red or brown ink by the main medieval hand: notes concerning events, commemorations and deaths in Gnadenberg monastery. The following addtions are also noted in the margin, in blue pencil by a modern hand: Fr. Faber B. Pesler, 1451, 1468, 1463 and 1472.

Bottom of page, in dark brown ink by a contemporary hand: the lyrics to the antiphon Gressus meos dirige domine secundum eloquiam tuum.

Bottom of page, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: perpetuum noli domine tue miseractionis presta subsidium quibus et angelica sufragia prestitisti non deesse per dominum

Upper left margin, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: vacat

Bottom of page, in brown and red ink by a contemporary hand: Collecta Deus qui ecclesie tuae per beatum augustinum antistitem tuum vere sapientie arcana propitius sererasti eius nobis meritis tribue id sincere quod docuit intellige et efficaciter adimplere per dominum

Underneath the text, in brown ink by a contemporary hand, perhaps the same as the main scribe: Three lines of an antiphon starting Augustine flos doctorum. At the bottom of the page, in dark brown ink by a contemporary hand: Adesto supplicatoribus nostris omnipotens deus: et quibus fidutiam sperande pietatis indulges intercedente beato Augustino confessore tuo atque pontifice consuete misericordie tue tribue benignus effectum per dominum

Bottom of page, in black ink by a contemporary hand: Et nos igitur hys contra euthicen dictis extollamus vocem cum ecclesia katholica cuius hec mulier typum gessit Extollamus et mentem de medio turbarum dicamusque saluatori beatus venter qui te portavit et vbera que suxisti

In the margins, in pencil by a modern hand: References to page numbers.

In brown ink by the same hand as the main text: Protege domine famulos tuos subsidiis pacis et beate marie semper virginis patrociniis confidentes a cunctis hostibus et periculis redde securos per christum. Underneath this text: Domine sancte pater qui corpus quod filio tuo de virgine maria sumpsisti illesum in tumulo conservasti incorruptum suscitasti conserua quesumus corpora nostra munda et immaculata in tuo sanctissimo seruicio et dirige viam meam in hoc tempore ut cum dies iudicii magnus et terribilis aduenerit inter sanctos tuos resuscitentur et anime nostre tecum eternaliter gaudeant et electis tuis sociari mereantur in nomine + patris et filii + et spiritus sancti + amen

Black hufngel notation on a four-line red staff on

Main text in brown ink. Rubrics in red. Capitals touched in red.

Plain initials in red over 1-4 lines with or without interior reserved shapes. : Penwork initials over 4 lines, some with drawn faces, in brown and red ink.

2 Ferial Psalter (excerpts) et feria secunda in laudes noctis Miserere mei deus (Ps. 50) Et clarificare nos luce uirtutum Per Christum Blank. The psalter contains Lauds from Monday to Saturday. Readings for St Sebald Sancti Sebaldi confessoris legenda abbreuiata per sex lectiones patroni in Nurnberga leccio prima Rex quidam christianissimus in Dacia deo propicio prosperatur Tu autem : Blank. : the year 1505 noted in red ink underneath the text. Ambrose of Milan Exposition of the Holy Gospel according to St Luke Secundum Lucam In illo tempore Exultauit Ihesus stulticia est apud deum (1 Cor. 3:19) Adriaen (1957)

Paper Bull's head with flower and two buds, similar to Piccard II:3, XIII, 531.

: Guidelines in ink. : Blind-ruling. Guidelines in ink. Guidelines in ink on the recto side of the page.

Hybrida, rather large and coarse. Hybrida. Hybrida, similar to Hand 4.

Bottom of page, in brown ink by a contemporary hand: Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui vitam beati sebaldi confessoris tui per huius seculi erumnas laudabilem transire fecisti quesumus eius intercessione plebem clementie tue supplicantem in presenti festiuitate commemoracione foueas et post huius vite cursum ad celestia regna perducas per dominum

Bottom of page, in dark brown ink by a contemporary hand: Item Ewangelium istut cum omelia legitur in festibus sancte birgitte in monasterio ordinis nostri saluatoris in matutinis et ewangelium solum in missis

Main text in brown ink. Capitals touched in red, underlinings in red. Rubrics in brown or red ink.

Plain initials in red over 1-2 lines. Penwork initials in brown and red ink with interior reserved shapes over 2-3 lines.

 3 Office of St Cunigunde historia de Sancte kunegunde ad uesperas antiphona Laudabile nomen domini qui kunegundi uirgini tandem rex sub vite fine AH 26 Lessons for the Presentation of the Virgin lecciones de presentacione virginis Mirabilis deus in sanctis suis digneris efficiamur per eundem eiusdem : Guidelines, but no text.

Paper Bull's head with flower and two buds, similar to Piccard II:3, XIII, 531.

Guidelines in ink. Semihybrida. Semihybrida, similar to Hand 2 or 3.

In the margins, in brown ink by contemporary hands: minor additions, for example references to numbers.

Top of page, in light brown ink by a contemporary hand: quam usque in finem casti coniugis consensu deo teste conseruauit

Top of page, in red ink by a contemporary hand: O kunegund. Bottom of page in brown ink by a contemporary hand, written upside down: Presentetur hec hystoria fratri Willibaldo Marstaller in Monte Gracie professo. Scitote me presentasse literas vestras in Ingelstat, eciam unam prefecto in Sanser.

Main text in brown-black ink. Capitals touched in red. Underlinings in red. Rubrics in brown or red.

Plain initials in red over 1-2 lines.

 First draft

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