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De horis canonicis dicendis by Heinrich von Bitterfeld, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 78/ff. 203r-209v
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A treatise on the canonical hours, i.e. the hours that mark the moments of prayer which divide the day of the faithful, regularly observed by the members of the religious orders and often also by laymen. Its author, Henricus von Bitterfeld, originally from Saxony, entered the Dominican Order in Poland and then moved to Prague, where he studied theology and where he ultimately died in c. 1405.It begins on f. 203r with the words Septies in die laudem dixi...
Dates:
15th century
MS 98: Collection of Sermons, Epistles, Hagiographies, and other religious texts by Guerric of Igny, Augustine of Hippo, Peter Damian, and other important figures of the Catholic Church, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 98
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This manuscript contains a collection of around 70 Sermons, Epistles, Hagiographies, prayers, and other religious texts by several different authors, including Guerric of Igny, Augustine of Hippo, Peter Damian, Maximus [?], Pope Sylvester, Pope Eugene IV, Pope Boniface IX, and abbot Gibuinus.ContentsSermo Guerrici Abbatis. De Adventu Domini: starts on f. 1r with the following words: Vox...
Dates:
15th century
Prayers for the Canonical Hours attibuted to Saint Jerome, early 16th century
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Identifier: MS 114/ff. 67r-83r
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Prayers for the canonical hours, i.e. the hours that mark the moments of prayer which divide the day of the faithful, regularly observed by the members of the religious orders and often also by laymen. They are accompanied by Psalms and Collects (i.e. short prayers with a specific structure). The prayers are attributed to Saint Jerome and a short prologue in the form of a letter addressed to a monk called Rusticus (a real addressee of some of Saint Jerome's letters) precedes the collection....
Dates:
early 16th century
Septem Gaudia Beatae Virginis Mariae according to Saint Thomas of Canterbury, early 16th century
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Identifier: MS 114/ff. 85v-87v
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The prayers are preceded on f. 65v by the rubric Hec septem gaudia sequencia beata maria revelant sancto Thome canterbuariensi episcopo et dixit ei qui mecum iste gaudiis cotidie honoraverit huic apparebo in fine vite sue et ei gaudia eterna inpetrabo. 'The Seven Joys of the Virgin' are the counterpart of the 'Seven sorrows'. They are a set of devotional prayers which were very popular in the Middle Ages. This version is attributed to Saint Thomas of...
Dates:
early 16th century
Septem Gaudia Beatae Virginis Mariae (rhymed), early 16th century
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Identifier: MS 114/ff. 84r-85v
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'The Seven Joys of the Virgin' are the counterpart of the 'Seven sorrows'. They are a set of devotional prayers which were very popular in the Middle Ages. This version is rhymed and is followed by another prayer and by a collect (i.e. a type of short prayer with a specific structure).The prayers begin on f. 84r with the words Gaude virgo stella manis sponsa Christi singularis and end on f. 85v with et in futuro...
Dates:
early 16th century