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Scope and Contents Leaf from a noted Missal, containing (on f. 1r) the Epistle Non cessamus, Gospel Loquente jhesu ad turbas ecce princeps units accessit, Secret Sacrificiis qs. dne. intende placatus ut et devotion nostre proficiat et saluti, Postcom. Qs. ops. ds. ut illius salutaris capianius effectiun, cujus per hec wisteria pignus accepimus. Per fra. Adromanos [23rd Sunday]. Ferial Epistle ...

Scope and Contents Noted Missal of a central European or possibly Scandinavian Use, containing part of the Sanctorale, from the Introit of the Vigil of the Assumption of Virgin Mary to the Secret of the Octave of Saint Laurence. The Choir parts are noted, as neumes. F. 1r begins with the Choir part, Salves sancta parens. The textual line starts on f. 1r with the Collect, Deus qui virginalem aulem. On f. 1v, the fragment ends on the Secret, ...

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...

Scope and Contents A cropped leaf of a Missal, probably Cluniac. It contains the Proper for the following saints: Eucherius (16 Nov.), Anianus and Gregory (17 Nov.), Odo, Abbot of Cluny (19 Nov.), Edmund K.M. (20 Nov)., Columbanus (21 Nov.), Cecilia (22 Nov.). The inclusion of St Edmund suggests an origin of East Anglia, but the hand seems to be French. There are coloured initials, in red and blue, and some rubrication. The leaf is quite damaged in places, especially along the inner edge (orientated from f....

Scope and Contents Four small sections (2 roughly 21cm X 6cm, another ~16.5cm X 5.5cm, and one 14.5cm X 7.75cm at it's widest point) of a noted Missal. Three of the fragments form parts of a leaf containing the middle of the Passion on Tuesday to end of Introit on Wednesday in Holy Week. The other fragment is part of the 1st Prophecy on Easter Even. Two of the fragments of the Passion to Introit on Wednesday on Holy Week obviously fit together (see picture). The final line pf text on the third fragment of this...

Scope and Contents Two fragments from a Missal. (I) contains the end of Gospel to beginning of Secret Ds. de cujus gracie tue rore of Thursday, part of Collect, Lesson and Gospel of Friday. Also, end of Epistle, Grail, part of Gospel, Offertory and part of Secret Concede qs. ops. ds. of Saturday after the 3rd Sunday in Lent, and parts of the Mass of 4th Sunday. (II) Contains parts of Prefaces and musical notation, a rubric ...

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Two fragments of a Missal, probably following the Use of Sarum. F. 1: part of the Passion and Gospel for Wednesday in Holy Week, with Collect and part of the Epistle for Maundy Thursday. F. 2: part of Gospel, Secret and Communion of Maundy Thursday, and of Prophecy, Collect and Lesson of Good Friday.

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Possibly Scottish, mid-15th century.

Scope and Contents Missal, following the Use of Sarum, but with few rubrics. Contains part of Gospel, and Mass for the Common of a Virgin, which begins with In natali plurimarum virginum, and includes the Collect, Secret and Post-communion (f. 2r, Plurimarum virginum non martirum). Commemoratio b. marie quotidie in capella et in choro...officium. Rorate coeli... begins at the bottom of column 1 on f. 2r, and finishes in the middle of the...

Contents The manuscript is a French Missal from the 16th century and originating in France. A missal is a liturgical book containing all instructions and texts necessary for the celebration of Mass throughout the year. This specific manuscript is a variant of Toulouse Use.The Three Masses of Christmas, Masses of Epiphany, Purification, Annunciation, Maundy Thursday, Easter, Ascension, Whitsunday, Corpus Christi, Assumption, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, All Saints,...