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Description
ff. 1-297v. Latin. ff. 1-6v, Graded calendar; ff. 7-8, Holy Water service; ff. 8-137, Temporale; ff. 137-156v, Ordinary and canon of mass; ff. 157-197v, Temporale; ff. 197v-252, Sanctorale; ff. 252-274v, Common of saints; ff. 274v-295v, Votive masses; f. 296r-v, St. Gregory's Trental; f. 296v, Sequence for a martyr; ff. 296v-297v, Catena mainly from John, prayers before and after mass, and the propers for a mass of John of Beverley. Title from print catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Gothic. Layout: 1⁶ 2-19⁸ 20⁶(through f. 156) 21-37⁸ 38⁶(-1). Catchwords in lower right margin, in red or brown ink according to the beginning of the text of the next quire, and enclosed in a red or brown frame. Quire and leaf signatures in letters and roman numerals in the lower right corner, some partly or wholly trimmed away. Ruled space, 172 x 108 mm; 2 columns of 36 lines; 27 lines for the canon, ff. 142-156v. Ruled in light purple ink for main body of text; ff. 142-156v in black ink; top and bottom 2 lines full across. Round prick marks in the 3 outer margins, some trimmed away. Music: Music notation in black on 4-line red staves. Decoration: One full page miniature, f. 148v, of the Crucifixion with the small figure of a Dominican friar kneeling at the foot of the cross; five 7- or 6-line historiated initials with full bar and foliage borders. Last leaves damaged by damp. Assigned Date: s. XV1. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 12/13/2009. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound, s. XIXex, in parchment over boards, the Langdale arms stamped in gold on the front cover and with the remains of two clasps, back to front. HM 1067. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Extent
ff. ii + iii + 297 + ii : parchment ; 175 x 265 mm.
Musical notation England 15th century. (aat) Missals England 15th century. (aat) Miniatures (Painting) England 15th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) England 15th century. (aat) Historiated initials England 15th century. (aat) Bookplates (Provenance) (rbprov) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Written in England in the first half of the fifteenth century and intended for use in the diocese of York. On f. iii: "That yeare the Lords did rob the English Nation/ To pull down proud France & fight for fashion/ I lent this written book by my good Will/ To black-coate blanket-tosser Langdall Phill/ 1705." Bookplate of G. Langdale, s. XVIII, in Library files; bookplate of Philip Langdale, s. XIX, of Houghton Hall, Yorkshire, on front pastedown. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington from A. S. W. Rosenbach in June 1925.
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