Beinecke MS 41                                                      Germany, s. XV^^in
Breviary, pars aestivalis, use of Carmelites

     1. f. 1r    blank except for ownership notes (see below); f.
     1v    antiphons and capitula.

     2. ff. 2r-7v    Graded calendar in red and black with numerous later
     additions; among the feasts are those of Basil (8 Jan., duplex, added),
     Honoratus (16 Jan., 9 lessons, added), Faustinus and Jovita (15 Feb., 9
     lessons, added), Cyril (6 March, duplex, in red), Joseph (19 March,
     duplex, added), Angelus "ordinis carmelitarum" (5 May, duplex, added),
     Albert of Trapani "confessoris ordinis nostri" (7 Aug., duplex, in
     red), Conception of the Virgin (8 Dec., totum duplex, added). Many
     other saints from the Roman Martyrology have been added incorrectly:
     wrong date, wrong attribute or wrong gender (e.g. Crescentiana and
     Juliana virgins on 12 August).

     3. ff. 8r-62r    Temporale from Easter through the Saturday after the
     first Sunday in November. ff. 62v-63v ruled, but blank

     4. ff. 64r-74v    Gospel readings for the 24 Sundays after Trinity.

     5. ff. 75r-78v    Offices of the anniversary of the dedication of a
     church, and of its octave.

     6. ff.79r-194v    Matins of the Sanctorale from Ambrose (4 April)
     through Linus (26 November).

     7. ff. 194v-198v    Suffrages added by a later hand throughout the
     liturgical year to the Virgin, Anna, all angels, all saints and for
     peace; benedictions for Matins.

     8. ff. 199r-224r    Common of saints.

     9. ff. 224v-228v    Commemoration of the Virgin, for Matins only, with
     2 sets of 9 lessons.
     
     10. ff. 229r-258r    Lauds through Compline of the
     Sanctorale from Ambrose (4 April) through Linus (26 November) with some
     later additions in the margins.

     11. ff. 258r-259r    Added by several different hands: antiphons to the
     Virgin; an antiphon De sancto angelo carmelitarum; an office to John
     the Evangelist before the Latin Gate; antiphons to Gereon and for the
     octave of Martin.

     12. ff. 259v-260r    Added in a later hand, a list of feasts, January
     to November, with a note of local veneration (usually Ravenna, Florence
     and Rome); many of these feasts were also added to the calendar. Of
     particular interest are the entries for 6 March, "Cirilli presbiteri et
     confessoris ordinis nostri in monte Carmeli" and for 16 May, "Simonis
     [Stock] ordinis nostri confessoris burdegale". f. 260v, versicles and
     responses from the common of saints

          Paper (with parchment conjugate leaves at beginning and end of
     quires; calendar on parchment), ff. ii (parchment) + 260 + ii
     (parchment), 143 x 100 (90 x 63) mm. Written in ca. 36 long lines;
     single vertical bounding lines ruled in ink; horizontal guide-lines for
     written space in lead. Prickings in upper and lower margins.
          The binding is too tight to permit precise collation, but most
     gatherings seem to be composed of 12 leaves. Remains of catchwords
     along lower edge near gutter.
          Written primarily by a single scribe (see below) in an informal,
     but careful, gothic script. Numerous additions by contemporary and
     later writers.
          Plain initials and KL monograms, 6- to 1-line, in red. Rubrics
     throughout. Paragraph marks, underlining, and initial strokes in red.
     The verso of the final folio bears the partially erased image of a
     large decorative initial, in green, over which the later text was
     written (see art. 12).
          Binding: s. xix. Head and fore-edge gilt, with tawed, pink markers
     on the fore-edge. Bound by William Matthews, a leading American binder
     (second half of the 19th century) in a dark brown goatskin Jansenist
     binding (plain outside with gold-tooled doublures).

          Written probably in Mainz at the beginning of the 15th century by
     the scribe Gerhardus de Castris for Carmelite use, as shown by the
     saints in the calendar: the feasts of Basil, Albert, the Conception and
     daily commemoration of Anna (cf. art. 7) were incorporated into
     Carmelite liturgy in 1411; all appear here as subsequent additions. The
     feast of Cyril, here in the main hand, was introduced in 1399.
     Ownership note (s. xv) on f. 1: "Ad Carmelitas Conventus Moguntinensis
     fratrum beatissime marie virginis Breviarium Estivale de tempore et de
     sanctis Manu Venerabilis patris Gerhardi de Castris quondam ibidem
     prioris scripti [sic] et cetera". On f. 2 (s. xvii) "Carmeli Moguntino,
     N. n. 8". On f. 1r (s. xvii?) "Ling[?] N. 148". Of s. xix, the
     signature of Leander van Ess with the number 65 (f. 1r); the book has
     been rebound and there is no evidence to suggest that it was sold with
     the van Ess collection to Sir Thomas Phillipps. Bequeathed to Yale by
     John W. Sterling (1844-1918; no. 80 in the inventory of his estate).

     secundo folio: [calendar, f. 3:] KL Marcius
          [text, f. 9:] [in exi]tu hij

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 170, no. 41.

     Barbara A. Shailor