[Carthusian breviary].
Robbins MS 2
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Title
[Carthusian breviary].
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Variant Title
Secundo folio: exarserit in brevi ira eius
Produced
[Scotland?], [between 1425 and 1450?]
Description
147 leaves : parchment ; 338 x 234 (249 x 172) mm bound to 347 x 237 mm
Formatted Contents Note
1. fol. 1r-6v: "[rubr.] Januarius habet dies xxxi, luna xxx, horae viii, nox xvi. iii.a Januarius [text] Circumcisio Domini ... Silvestri pape et confessori."
2. fol. 7r-61v: "[rubr.] Feria secunda ad primam antiphonam. [text] Servite domino. Psalmus David. Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum ... Elevatio manuum mearum domine Sacrificum vespartinum."
3. fol. 62r-85v: "[rubr.] Incipiunt cantica que dicuntur in laudibus diebus ferialibus. Cantium Ysaye xii. c. et dicitur feria secunda in laudibus. [text] Confitebor tibi domine quoniam iratus ... et donec ponat iherusalem laudem in terra."
4. fol. 85v-146v: "[rubr.] Incipiunt hymni per totum annum tamen pro festis quam pro ferialibus diebus et primo in adventum Domini. In adventu Domini quotidie etiam diebus dominicis. Sed non festis xii. lectionum ad vesperas tamen hymnus. [text] Conditor alme siderum eterna ... Alleluya alleluya alleluya. Seculorum."
2. fol. 7r-61v: "[rubr.] Feria secunda ad primam antiphonam. [text] Servite domino. Psalmus David. Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum ... Elevatio manuum mearum domine Sacrificum vespartinum."
3. fol. 62r-85v: "[rubr.] Incipiunt cantica que dicuntur in laudibus diebus ferialibus. Cantium Ysaye xii. c. et dicitur feria secunda in laudibus. [text] Confitebor tibi domine quoniam iratus ... et donec ponat iherusalem laudem in terra."
4. fol. 85v-146v: "[rubr.] Incipiunt hymni per totum annum tamen pro festis quam pro ferialibus diebus et primo in adventum Domini. In adventu Domini quotidie etiam diebus dominicis. Sed non festis xii. lectionum ad vesperas tamen hymnus. [text] Conditor alme siderum eterna ... Alleluya alleluya alleluya. Seculorum."
Summary
Incomplete Carthusian breviary, copied at or for a charterhouse north of the 55th parallel, including a calendar, psalter, canticles, and hymns with musical notation. The calendar on fol. 1-6 records the number of days in both the solar and lunar month, the number of hours in the day (18 in June and 7 in December), notes on when the sun enters into each sign of the zodiac, and several Carthusian feasts, among which those of Hugh, Bishop of Grenoble (canonized in 1134; feast on 1 April), Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (the first Carthusian to be canonized in 1220; feast on 17 November), commemoration of the dead within the order ("defunctorum ordinis nostri") is recorded on 9 November, the queen of France (5 March), all of which are characteristic of Carthusian liturgical manuscripts. The calendar also includes feasts of the Cardinal Bishop of Périgueux in Dordogne (17 January), and Bishop Amblardus de Intermontibus (29 April), all of whom are commemorated with a tricenarium. The entire manuscript, including the calendar, was copied after 1378 or 1382 (introduction of the feast of St. Anne, mother of the Virgin Mary, celebrated on 26 July); other late medieval feasts included are those of Thomas à Becket (canonized in 1173; feast on 29 December); Francis of Assissi (canonized in 1228; feast on 4 October); St. Dominic (canonized in 1234; feast on 5 August); Peter of Verona (canonized in 1253; feast on 29 April); and Thomas Aquinas (canonized in 1323; feast on 17 March). The book was still in use after 1461 (canonization of St. Catherine of Siena, whose feast was added in a second hand for 6 May), but not since shortly before 1514, as the feast of St. Bruno, the founder of the Carthusian order, canonized that year, is not recorded. The Carthusian charterhouse at Perth, the only foundation this far north at this period, was formally found in 1429 at the instigation of James I of Scotland after authorization was granted by the General Chapter in 1426. The charterhouse's first prior came from Grand Chartreuse and until 1456, it belonged to the Carthusian province of Picardy rather than England.
Note
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 147 + i (parchment); 1⁶ 2-7¹⁰ 8-17⁸ 18² (-2); catchwords at the end of each quire exept for quires 1, 11, 14, 15 and 16. Two systems of signatures intermittently visible (small roman numerals and tall, thin strokes), mostly cropped.
Layout: Fol. 1r-6v: 31 lines per page; fol. 7r-85v: 18 lines per page; fol. 86r-146v: musical settings in black, square notation, 6 four- or five-line staves per page.
Script: Written in textualis formata by multiple hands.
Decoration: Initals in red, purple and black ink, some with extensive flourishing. Capital letters in red, purple and green ink.
Music: Second and third sections of manuscript include antiphons and hymns notated in black square notation on four- and five-line staves; noteshapes in black ink, staves in red ink.
Origin: The manuscript was written at or for a Carthusian charterhouse, most likely Perth, which was founded in 1429.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 2.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i (parchment) + 147 + i (parchment); 1⁶ 2-7¹⁰ 8-17⁸ 18² (-2); catchwords at the end of each quire exept for quires 1, 11, 14, 15 and 16. Two systems of signatures intermittently visible (small roman numerals and tall, thin strokes), mostly cropped.
Layout: Fol. 1r-6v: 31 lines per page; fol. 7r-85v: 18 lines per page; fol. 86r-146v: musical settings in black, square notation, 6 four- or five-line staves per page.
Script: Written in textualis formata by multiple hands.
Decoration: Initals in red, purple and black ink, some with extensive flourishing. Capital letters in red, purple and green ink.
Music: Second and third sections of manuscript include antiphons and hymns notated in black square notation on four- and five-line staves; noteshapes in black ink, staves in red ink.
Origin: The manuscript was written at or for a Carthusian charterhouse, most likely Perth, which was founded in 1429.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 2.
Language Note
In Latin.
Ownership
Manuscript was part of the original collection donated by Lloyd M. Robbins.
Binding Information
Bound in blind-tooled leather over wooden boards with fillets, fleurons and flowers, spine torn. Two metal plates on the back for clasps (lacking); end of straps nailed to front cover; leather and fabric tabs mark sections in the bookblock, a few lacking. Front and back flyleaves and pastedowns are parchment from a lectionary.
Access Note
RESTRICTED ORIGINAL: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning these items should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.
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Place of Publication or Printing
Scotland.
Call Number
Robbins MS 2
Language
Latin
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