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Fragment of a Bible, possibly English, 12th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/II

Scope and Contents

Bible. Ezekiel 23:8-42 (begins: […] cum ea in […] s et illi confre[…] ubertatis eius […] fornicationem […] Propterea tradidi eam in manus amatorum suorum; ends: et vox multitudinis exultantis erat)

Writing

Fine manuscript with Uncial titles. One decorated initial.

Dates: 12th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of a missal, possibly English, 12th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/XXI

Scope and Contents Fragments of a noted Missal, containing part of the Temporale from the middle of the Gospel of Wednesday in the third week after Easter to the end of the Epistle of the Mass Cantate of 4th Sunday after Easter. The text is very cropped, and the first line on f. 1r is XCVI. eterna est. The final fragmentary line on f. 1v is [...]lius uita. As far as is identifiable of the text, it appears to be...

Dates: 12th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English antiphoner, c. 1430

Item

Identifier: MS 211/XII

Scope and Contents

Lower half of a page from an Antiphoner from Southern England, with very fine illumination. Probably of the Sarum Use, it contains part of Lauds, Sext (iii is an error for vi), None, and Second Evensong of the Common of Apostles. The page is held together vertically,with 2 sides mounted to a long strip of paper attached to the verso side.

Dates: c. 1430

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English collectar, 14th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/VIII

Scope and Contents

Collectar (contains the prayers - collects - for the canonical hours of the Office), apparently following the Use of Sarum. It contains part of the Sanctorale from the Collect of Lady Day (25th March) to the Chapter at 1st Vesper of SS. Philip and James (1 May), including the Proper of SS. Richard, Ambrose, Tyburcius and Companions, Alphege, George, Mark and Vitalis.

Dates: 14th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English Grail, 12th century

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Identifier: MS 211/VI

Scope and Contents One leaf of an English 12th century Grail. Contains the end of the Communion of Friday after Ash Wednesday, and then the service until the beginning of the Tract on the first Sunday in Lent. A modern hand has taken extensive notes in the margins and bottom of f. 1r. Illumination The contents are common to most Latin rites except the Psalm Domine, refugium factus es, which is found in the Missals of Durham and St. Albans, and is substituted...

Dates: 12th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English Grail, 15th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/XIII

Scope and Contents

A fragment (top right-hand corner?) from a leaf of a Grail, apparently of Sarum Use. Contains parts of two Grails and three Alleluias with their Verses, from the Common of Many Martyrs, as in the standard Sarum Use.

Dates: 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English Grail (Sarum), 14th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/IX

Scope and Contents

Sarum Grail, containing part of the Temporale from near the beginning of the Sequence Dic nobis quibus of Thursday after Easter, to Alleluia of Saturday after Easter (including the greater part of the Sequence Victime paschali). Later hand annotations on the upper margin of f. 1r. Folio 2 is incomplete. A slip in the folder says: 'Primitive mensural notation in the sequence (The Longa has the double value of the Brevis but this usage is not consistent)'.

Dates: 14th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of an English lectionary, 14th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/VII

Scope and Contents

Lectionary, probably following the Use of Sarum. Contains parts of the 4th, 5th, and 6th lessons from a sermon of S. Maximus, appointed in the Sarum Breviary for the 6th day after Christmas when a Sunday, and part of the first lesson for S. Silvester.

Dates: 14th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragment of the Decalogue, possibly English or French, 14th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/XXXII

Scope and Contents

A leaf from a moral treatise on the Decalogue, also known as the Ten Commandments. The Decalogue was a fundamental element for students studying the Bible in medieval universities, so there are many commentaries and texts on it. This is a leaf from one, indicated by a marginal note in the same hand as the main text, De diff. preceptorum deca-logi.

Writing

Well written, with filigree initials.

Dates: 14th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Fragments of an English processional, 15th century

Item

Identifier: MS 211/X

Scope and Contents Processional, almost certainly following the Use of Sarum. F. 1: last part of the [response] Tristis est anima, [versus] Ecce appropinquabit hora, followed by the response Ecce vidimus eum. F. 2: part of the verse Ostium abundavit, [response] Revelabunt celi, [versus] In die perditionis, followed...

Dates: 15th century

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Fragment of a Bible, possibly English, 12th century

Fragment of a missal, possibly English, 12th century

Fragment of an English antiphoner, c. 1430

Fragment of an English collectar, 14th century

Fragment of an English Grail, 12th century

Fragment of an English Grail, 15th century

Fragment of an English Grail (Sarum), 14th century

Fragment of an English lectionary, 14th century

Fragment of the Decalogue, possibly English or French, 14th century

Fragments of an English processional, 15th century

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