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tih00396000

Text-inc Id:
tih00396000
Bod-inc Id:
H-172
Headings:
Horae ad usum Romanum (Rome) [French and Latin]
Analysis of content:
  1. a1r [Title-page with colophon.]
  2. a1v [Anatomical man.] Incipit: ‘Quant la lune est en aries leo et sagitarius il fait bon saigner au colerique. Feu . . .’ Soleil 28. Some of the text is typeset, some is part of the woodcut.
  3. a2r ‘Almanach pour xxi an.' [1488-1508].
  4. a2v [Caption to the illustration of the measurement of the wound of Christ.] Incipit: ‘Hec est mensura plage sacratissimi lateris Christi que a Constantinopoli beato Karolo imperatore allata fuit in capsa aurea ad eius ab inimicis in bello protectionem.’
  5. a3r [Calendarium.] Roman calendar.
  6. a3r [Verse.] Incipit: ‘In iano claris calidisque cibis potiaris | Atque decens potus pdst(!) fercula sit tibi notus'; 4 hexameters for each month of the calendar. See Walther, Proverbia, 11795.
  7. b1r [Evangelia.] Io 1, 1-14; Lc 1, 26-38; Mt 2, 1-12; Mc 16, 14-20.
  8. b3r ‘Passio domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Johannem.’ Io 18,1-19,42.
  9. b7r ‘Hore intemerate virginis Marie secundum vsum Romane curie incipiunt feliciter.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
  10. d2r ‘Ad matutinas de cruce.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
  11. d3r ‘Ad matutinas de sancto spiritu.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’ Abbreviated “mixed” Hours: Matins of the Hours of the Cross and of the Holy Spirit are inserted immediately after Matins and Lauds of the Hours of the BVM.
  12. f5v [Mutationes in Officio BVM.] ‘In aduentu domini officium beate Marie dicitur modo predicto . . .’
  13. f8v ‘Sequuntur septem psalmi penitentiales.’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
  14. g5r ‘Letania.’ As H‑160.
  15. g8v ‘Sequuntur vigilie mortuorum.’ Incipit: ‘Ad vesperas. Antiphona. Placebo . . .’
  16. i8r ‘Sequuntur suffragia plurimorum sanctorum et sanctarum. Et primo.’ Incipit: ‘De sanctissima trinitate. Sancta trinitas vnus deus miserere nobis. Antiphona. Te inuocamus, te adoramus, te laudamus . . .’
  17. k1r ‘Oratio ad deum patrem.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Pater de celis deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine sancte pater omnipotens eterne deus qui coequalem consubstantialem . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
  18. k1r ‘Oratio ad filium.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Fili redemptor mundi deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine Iesu Christe fili dei viui qui es verus et omnipotens deus . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
  19. k1v ‘Oratio ad spiritum sanctum.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] Spiritussancte deus, miserere nobis. [Oratio.] [D]omine spiritussancte deus qui coequalis consubstantialis . . .’ See Leroquais, Livres d'heures, I 100.
  20. k1v ‘De sancta facie domini.’ Incipit: ‘[Antiphona.] [S]alue sancta facies nostri redemptoris . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 349 no. xli.
  21. k2r ‘Oratio deuotissima ad beatissimam virginem dei genitricem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O]bsecro te . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxviii.
  22. k3v ‘Alia oratio deuotissima ad beatissimam virginem dei genitricem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[O] intemerata . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 336 no. xxi.
  23. k5r ‘Deuota contemplatio beate Marie virginis iuxta crucem . . .’ Incipit: ‘[S]tabat mater dolorosa . . .’ Chevalier, Rep. hymn., 19416.
  24. k5v [Suffragia II.] With the following variations compared with H‑151: 1-14; 16-21.
  25. l3v [Devotae orationes.] Incipit: ‘Sensuiuent plusieurs deuotes louenges, peticions . . .’ As H‑151: 1-22.
  26. l6v ‘Oraison en francois tresdeuote a dieu le pere.’ Incipit: ‘[M]on benoist dieu, ie croy de cueur . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 330 no. xiii.
  27. l7v [Litaniae lauretanae.] ‘Oratio valde deuota ad virginem Mariam.’ Incipit: ‘[M]issus est Gabriel angelus . . .’ Meersseman, Akathistos, II 244-7.
  28. m2v ‘Sequitur officium de conceptione beate Marie virginis.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine labia mea aperies . . .’
  29. A1r ‘Sensuiuent les sept pseaulmes en francois translatez au plus pres du latin.’ Incipit: ‘[D]omine ne in furore tuo arguas me . . . Sire en ta fureur ne me argue . . .’ Ps 6; 31; 37; 50; 101; 129; 142.
  30. A6v ‘Oraison tresdeuote a nostre seigneur.’ Incipit: ‘[S]ire dieu createur du ciel et de la terre, roy des roys . . .’ Soleil 227-9, Sonet 1927.
  31. A8r Gregorius(?): ‘Les sept oraysons saint Gregoire.’ Incipit: ‘[O] domine Iesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem . . .’ Leroquais, Livres d'heures, II 346 no. xxxvii.
Imprint:
Paris: [Étienne Jehannot], for Jean Poitevin, 15 Oct. 1498. 8°. Sheppard attributes the printing to Jehannot while CIBN takes Poitevin's device to be that of the printer. Goff supposes that the edition was printed by Poitevin [for Simon Vostre] on the basis of a note in Brunet.
Collation:
a–l8 m4 A8. The Bodleian copy has an additional gathering of 8 leaves (A8) compared with the Paris BnF copy described by Lacombe. The first leaf of each gathering, except gathering a, has the catch letter ‘R' for Rome. 100 leaves. 28 lines (b1v). Type area 137 × 76 mm, with borders 166 × 106 mm (b1v). Woodcuts: anatomical man (98 × 81 mm), 13 large (122 × 80 mm), 2 medium (96 × 73 mm), 31 small (38 × 29 mm). Each text page is within a combination of historiated borders and decorative elements such as grotesques and floral and figurative designs. Some of the woodcuts have typeset captions. Types: 98 B; 115 G; 65 G; 83 B; capital spaces. A1r: ‘Senſuiuent les ſept pſeaulmes en francois | tranſlatez au plus pres du latin.' A6v: ‘Oraiſon treſdeuote a noſtre ſeigneur.' A8r: ‘Les ſept orayſons ſaint gregoire.’
References:
Source: Bodleian ISTC: ih00396000 H 8856; Goff H‑396; Pr 8365; Bohatta, Horae, 657; Brunet, Manuel, V col. 1584: 46 (note); CIBN H‑243; GfT 1784-5; Lacombe 68; Sheppard 6495-6. LCN: 14464847
Copies:
  1. H-172(1) Copy Printed on parchment. Binding: Eighteenth-century red morocco; marbled pastedowns, gilt-edged leaves formerly marbled, and green silk bookmark. ‘1' printed on square label at the tail of the spine. Size: 213 × 150 × 29 mm. Size of leaf: 204 × 141 mm. Two prayers added in a contemporary hand on the rear endleaf: ‘[D]omine Iesu Criste fili dei redemptor mundi defende me de manu inimicorum, de via peccatorum, de morte subitanea . . .' ‘Domine Iesu Christe fili dei viui adoro te ad iudicium venientem . . .’ Initials, paragraph marks, and line fillers are supplied in gold on red, blue, or brown grounds. Capitals touched with yellow wash. Ruling in red ink. Provenance: Nicolas Joseph Foucault (1643-1721); armorial book-plate: ‘Ex bibliotheca Nicolai Joseph Foucault comitis consistoriani'; his circular book-label partly visible at the tail of the spine; see B. J. Enright, 'Richard Rawlinson: Collector, Antiquary, and Topographer', unpublished D.Phil. thesis, Universitiy of Oxford, 1956, App. B, pp. xxix, xl. Richard Rawlinson (1690-1755). Bequeathed in 1755. Former Bodleian shelfmark: Auct. T inf. 3.1. SHELFMARK: 8° Rawl. 1099.
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