![]() All pages with full foliate borders, bas-de-page scenes and grotesque decoration, in colours and gold. ![]() 24 large and smaller miniatures, in colours and gold (ff. 195v: Numbered list of events in the life of Christ, in rhymed verse and grouped under the headings of Vita, Passio, and Glorificatio, written in two columns by a late 15th century hand.Decoration: 24 calendar roundels, in colours and gold (ff. The last words of the Office of the Dead were rewritten on this new parchment, along with the words ‘Memento omiu aiaru’.f. At some point during the late 14th or early 15th centuries, new parchment was pasted over the bottom two-thirds of f.195r, which had been sliced away, possibly to excise a personalized inscription. 150v-151r: Anglo-Norman prose tale (imperfect) about a sinful merchant visited by Christ on his deathbed, with the incipit ‘Dieu vint a cist marcheant et ly-‘.ff. 142v-150r: Litany of Saints (imperfect) in Latin, including Apostles, martyrs, confessors and virgins.ff. 139r-142r: Gradual Psalms in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hid incipiut quindeci psalmi’.ff. 126r-138v: Penitential Psalms in Latin.ff. 119v-125r: Short Office of the Cross in Latin.ff. 81r-88v): Holy Spirit, Trinity, Holy Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Stephen, Andrew, Lawrence, Thomas à Becket, Nicholas, Katherine, Margaret, Mary Magdalene, All Saints, Peace.ff. ![]() 60r-118r: Hours of the Virgin in Latin, including Memoriae in Lauds (ff. ![]() 32v-59v: Long Hours of the Trinity in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hic incipiut Matutie de tnit’.ff. 17v-32v: Long Hours of the Holy Spirit in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hic incipient matutine de Sancto spiritu’.ff. 7r-17v: Anglo-Norman verse prayers, some introduced by Anglo-Norman rubrics.ff. Besides the usual Sarum saints are included the feasts of Dominic (30 May), Botolph (17 June), Mildred (13 July), Paulinus (10 October), Ethelburga of Barking (11 October), the Translation of Wilfred (12 October), Translation of Edward the Confessor (13 October given incorrectly as the Translation of Edward, King and Martyr), Mildred (17 October), Justis (10 November), Machutus (15 November), and the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (21 November).ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with saints in blue, red, mauve and gold. ![]()
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