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Contents 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...

Contents This section contains a tract by High of Saint Victor, a Saxon theologian writing in the 12th century. It is his De Virtute Orandi, which is about prayer. In the manuscript it is titled Tractatus Hugonis de sancto Victore de oracione.An Epistola appears on f. 32v, beginning with the words Domino et Patri L. Hugo and ending with ...

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A prayer dedicated to Saint Servatus, who was Bishop of Tongeren in Belgium.

Contents 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...

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The prayer is introduced by the rubric Oracio pulchra de passione domini et habet septem annos indulgentiarum, which assures seven years indulgence to anyone who recites it.

It begins on f. 318r with the words Gracias tibi ago dulcissime domine Jesu Christe qui propter me factus es homo.

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The text which begins with the words Nocte sine mane signo suscitacionis audito velociter surge et signa te signo sancte crux in fronte ore et pectore dicens which seem to introduce a short prayer to be recited at the moment of waking up.

Contents The prayer is preceded by the rubric Sequentem orationem edidit dominus Sixtus papa quartus et concessit omnibus eam devote legentibus coram ymagine beate marie insole xi annorum indulgentiarum pro qualibet vite, which grants an indulgence to those who recite this prayer in front of an image of the Virgin Mary.The prayer begins on f. 64r with the words Ave santissima maria mater Dei regina celi porta paradisi and...

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The prayer is attributed to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the rubric which precedes it: Oracio beati bernardi abbatis in contemplacione edita et eam legenti dominus apparebit in extremis.

It begins on f. 319v with the words Ave quem desidero quem avide requiro and ends on f. 312v with Qui vivis et regnas deus per omnia secula seculorum. Amen.

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A series of invocations to Saint Mary Magdalen which begin on f. 322v with Gaude pia magdalena spes salute vite.They are followed by a collect and ends on f. 323v with ut mereamus quid promittis fac nos amare quid precipis per Christum.

Contents Prayer attributed to Pope John XII: it begins on f. 57r with the words Obsecro te Domine Santissime Jesu Christe ut passio tua sit michi virtus and ends on f. 57v with et dulcedo studium et gaudium et desiderium cordis mei nunc et in evum Qui vivis. It is preceded by the rubric Johannes papa xii composuit orationem sequentem et contulit eam devote dicentibus ccc dies indulgentie et...