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Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (Edinburgh, Edinburgh UL, MS 39)

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Title

Book of Hours, Use of Sarum (Edinburgh, Edinburgh UL, MS 39)

Contains reference to Birgitta

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Language

Latin

Forms part of

Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Library, MS 39

Carries work

Hymn of Saint Katherine of Alexandria
Calendar, Use of Sarum
Hours of the Virgin, Use of Sarum
Seven Penitential Psalms
Fifteen Gradual Psalms
Litany, Use of Sarum
Latin prayer on the Passion (inc. Domine Ihesu Christe fili Dei Vivi fili Beate Marie Virginis)
Office of the Dead
Commendationes animarum
Psalms of the Passion
Fifteen Oes
Latin prayer on the Passion (inc Gracias tibi ago Domine Ihesu Christe qui passionem tuam inchoasti)
Prayer of Bede on the Seven Last Words of Christ
Rosarium Marie (inc. Ave Maria gratia plena)

Hand

Gothic, large and clear

Decoration

The illumination, which consists of initials, line-endings, borders and miniatures, is finely executed. Three artists appear to have worked on the book.
12 historiated initials
12. Fifteen Oes (f. 123v) – Pietà. Lake and gold scroll ground.

Writing support

Parchment

Number of lines

18

Folios

ff. 1r-136v

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