MS 212: Kalendar, 16th century
Contents
This manuscript contains a calendar of saints, which is a calendar of the liturgical or Christian year (also known as Kalendar) that assigns a feast day for on or more saints in most of the days of the year. This particular calendar seems to follow the English tradition, but it belonged to Dutch and French owners. Most pages contain notes in Middle French written on the lower margin.
Dates
- Creation: 16th century
Language of Materials
Latin and Middle French
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.
Extent
1 bound MS volume
Custodial History
This is a late and very full Kalendar, and only general assumptions can be made from its contents as to its exact provenance. Its connections are mainly with the borders of France and Flanders, but it has also many English saints and not a few connected with Brittany, especially with Quimper.
In the 16th century it was in the possession of the family of Hugues Comte de Noyelle (at the mouth of the Somme), governor of Limbourg, Finance Minister of the Netherlands, and Marguerite de Bourgoigne, his wife, daughter and third child of Herman de Bourgoigne, Count of Falais.
A series of birthdays and obits of this family, from 1621-1666, are written in the Kalendar. It is not unlikely that the Kalendar may have been in their possession earlier, if, indeed, it was not written for an ancestor. It contains an 18th century inscription on the first leaf, Ex Biblioth. C. R. Jardel.
Previous reference
Laing, Div. ii. 387.
Physical Facet
Material: Vellum
Binding: Paper, lettered 'Calendarium Romanum MS. circa 1510.’
Dimensions
13.33 cm x 8.89 cm
General
Foliation and number of lines to a page: ff. 12, the number of lines to a page varies throughout the manuscript.
Source
- Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) (Former owner, Person)
- Hugues, Comte de Noyelle , fl 1600-1614 (governor of Limbourg, Finance Minister of the Netherlands) (Former owner, Person)
- Marguerite, de Bourgoigne, b ? 1598 (wife of Hugues, Comte de Noyelle ) (Former owner, Person)
- Jardel, Claude Robert, 1722-1788 (antiquary and bibliographer) (Former owner, Person)
Repository Details
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