Breviary (fragmented)

Germany, Cologne?, 15th century

Parchment

i, 62, i' leaves

140 × 95 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–4v) Instructions

Rubric: Post pater noster Et ne nos

Incipit: Exaudi domine ihesu christe preces seruorum tuorum

Explicit: In die agnetis in primis vesperis et matutinis dicitur suffragium [mut.]

Note: f. 1r: instructions for readings; ff. 1v–2r: Psalm 94, Mat. 6:9, Ave Maria, Credo; f. 2v: blank; ff. 3r–4v: instructions for readings for specific feasts.

2 (ff. 5ra–62vb) Proper of time

Incipit: [mut.] tu effugies iudicium dei

Explicit: Da quesumus domine populo tuo salutem mentis et corporis vt bonis o [mut.]

Note:

The fragmented Proper of time starts in the middle of the first Sunday of Advent and ends with Palm Sunday.

Leaf missing after f. 33v; f. 42 placed in the wrong place, it should come after f. 62; f. 43 does not seem to be a continuation of f. 41, which means a leaf is missing here.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

nostrum Qui conceptus

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 140 × 95 mm

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–62

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 140 × 95 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Collation

Note: Manuscript fragmented and rebound. Collation not possible.

Condition

Textblock

The manuscript is incomplete. It is unclear when it was fragmented. It seems to have been rebound in the 19th century. The extant leaves are in good condition, except for f. 25 where the outer part of the leaf has been cut off, with loss of text. Leaves missing and leaves placed in the wrong order, see note to Proper of time.

Layout

Columns: 2

Written lines: 31

Written area: 95 × 65 mm

Note: Guidelines in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Hybrida.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Upper left corner: erased letters or numbers; next to it in black ink by a modern hand: ‘Gifven till Kongl. Bibliotheket 7 Nov. 1861 af Dem. Lindgren (a. e. Holmbergs halfsyster).’; bottom left corner: National Library book label with current signum; next to it in black ink: ‘N 2892[--- chars ---] ’; ‘ ~~fol E H~~ ’, ‘i T N’.

Textblock

(ff. 1r–62v) Scattered annotations in pencil by a modern hand. The annotations concern gaps in the text, missing leaves, etc.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink, rubrics in red, capitals touched in red.

Initials:

(f. 21v): decorated initial ‘P’ in blue over 5 lines. Interior reserved shapes and knotwork on the letter body; floruishing in red; the enclosed space carry traces of gold.

(f. 59r): plain initial over 4 lines in blue with flourishing in red.

(ff. 1r–62v): plain initials over 1-2 lines alternating in blue and red. In two places, on (f. 1v) and (f. 45r), the initials are larger, extending over 4 lines.

Binding

Description:

Modern binding in blue (now faded to green) velvet. LCO, stamped in gold: ‘A 181’.

Binding dimensions: 145 × 105 × 15 mm

Contemporary: No

History

Origin

Germany, Cologne?, 15th century. The place of origin is based on a the hypothesis that the reference on f. 15rb ‘Sexta die post epiphaniam celebratur dies obitus tercii regis et tenetur duplex festum’ points to Cologne, where this feast has been celebrated since 1164.