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Book of Hours (Use of Sarum) (MS 43)
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Identifier: ADO-2018-0054
Book of Hours (Use of Sens) (MS 44)
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Identifier: ADO-2018-0055
Book of Hours (Use of Utrecht) (MS 46)
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Identifier: ADO-2018-0056
Book plates - Lindsay family of Balcarres, undated
Item
Identifier: Coll-1383/6/13
Scope and Contents
Three book plates of approximately 7.6 x 7.6 cm with Lindsay coat of arms, and three book plates approximately 3.8 x 3.8 cm with Lindsay coat of arms - for Bibliotheca Lindesiana.
Dates:
undated
Book VIII of Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, by Guillaume Durand, early 14th century
Part
Identifier: MS 139/ ff. 68r-88v
Contents
MS 139 contains the eighth book of Guillaume Durand's 'Rationale Divinorum Oficiorum', a text on the ritual of the medieval Church, and therefore presents a good outline of the medieval liturgy in the 13th-century West. Durand's text was extremely popular during the Middle Ages, and was frequently copied. The text of the eight book, as it appears in MS 139, ends on f. 88v with the words et aliis preciosis sumptibus urbem lustrant. Explicit speculum rationale super...
Dates:
early 14th century
Booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", 1906-1907
Item
Identifier: Coll-1848/Df.7.42
Scope and Contents
This is a booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", which contains reproductions of manuscript psalms and two enclosed manuscript letters addressed to Sir William Turner from Paul Mellon, Association Franco-Écossaise, Sorbonne, 1907. The booklet is dedicated to William Turner: "Offert à Monsieur William Turner Recteur de l'Université d'Edimbourg et au Conseil Académique par M. P. Mellon, Secrétaire Général du Comité de Patronage des Étudiants Étrangers...
Dates:
1906-1907
Books III and IV of Libri Quattuor Sententiarum by Peter Lombard, 13th century
part
Identifier: MS 76/ff. 1v-86r
Contents
This section of the manuscript contains books III and IV of Peter Lombard's Libri Quattuor Sententiarum, a theological text that compiles sentences or maxims of the Bible and the Church Fathers, and use them to explain core beliefs of the Catholic faith. Books III and IV deal with the incarnation of the Word, and the Doctrine of Signs, respectively.Book III: starts on f.1v with the following words: Iam...
Dates:
13th century
Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618", 1572-1618
Item
Identifier: De.1.12
Scope and Contents
Bound Volume titled "Scottish Manuscripts from The Drummond Collection 1572-1618", 1572-1618.
Dates:
1572-1618
Breviary (MS 26)
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Identifier: ADO-2018-0047
Breviary (Salisbury), early 14th century
Part
Identifier: MS 27/ff. 1r-482v
Contents
This is a Sarum Breviary with a full Sarum Litany, and a Kalendar with an unclear provenance. The occurrence of specific saints days (Saint Botulph, Saint Frideswyde, and Saint Hugh, specified as Bishop of Lincoln) may point to Lincoln diocese. Relating to the dating of this text, the presence of the Feast of Relics on 15 September places it before 1319, while external evidence also seems to suggest the early years of the 14th century. There are no marks of Scottish origin, but from the many...
Dates:
early 14th century