Beinecke MS 106                                                     France, s. XV^^3/4
Hours, use of Paris

     1. f. 1r-v    Office of the Dead, use of Paris. Antiphona. Placebo.
     Psalmus. Dilexi quoniam exaudiet dominus...Conuertere anima mea in
     requi// [continues in art. 10]

     2. ff. 2r-13v    Full calendar, in French. At the end of each month, a
     note of how many hours in the day and night, in the form la nuit
     a
     [Roman numeral] hore le iour [Roman numeral]. The calendar corresponds
     closely to that in Perdrizet.

     3. ff. 14r-19r    Sequences of the Gospels. Two rubrics are incorrect:
     that for Matthew (f. 16v) is incomplete, that for Mark (f. 18r) reads
     secundum Matheum.

     4. ff. 19r-22v    Prayer to the Virgin. Oratio Obsecro te...[masculine
     forms; Leroquais, LH 2. 346-47].

     5. ff.22v-25r    Prayer to the Virgin. Oratio ad beatam mariam
     uirginem. O intemerata...[Wilmart 488-90].

     6. ff. 25r-80v    Hours of the Virgin, use of Paris. Incipiunt hore
     beate marie uirginis. [f. 25v blank] //mis iubilemus ei. Aue maria.
     Quoniam deus magnus dominus et rex magnus...ut beati iohannis apostoli
     tui et euuangeliste illuminata doctrinis ad dona perueniat sempiterna.
     Per.

          Due to the presence of Psalms 24, 123, and 124 in both Sext and
     Vespers, the scribe, although he had just finished copying them for
     Vespers, thought that he was in Sext and thus "returned" to that point
     in Sext in his copying; all the material from the antiphon "Post
     partum" on f. 65r up to the beginning of the psalm "In conuertendo" on
     f. 72v is a duplication of what had already been done on ff. 57v-65r.

     7. ff. 80v-95v    Penitential Psalms and Litany [f. 80v, rubric only:]
     Incipiunt septem psalmos. [f. 81r:] //lectum meum lacrimis meis stratum
     meum rigabo...et parcere suscipe deprecacionem nostram ut quos
     delictorum cathena constringit miseracio tue pietatis// Among the 13
     martyrs, Dionysius (8), Eustachius (9); among the 5 confessors, Ivo
     (5).

     8. ff. 96r-98v    Short Hours of the Cross. //laudem tuam. Deus in
     adiutorium meum intende. Domine ad adiuuandum. Patris sapiencia ueritas
     diuina...Sis michi solacium in mortis agone. Amen.

     9. ff. 98v-100v    Short Hours of the Holy Spirit [f. 98v rubric only:]
     Sequuntur hore sancti [rest of rubric effaced; f. 99r:] //deus da nobis
     illam sancti spiritus graciam quam discipulis tuis...Dixi ut nos
     uisites inspiracione. Nos uiuamus iugiter celi regione. Amen.

     10. ff. 101r-144v    Office of the Dead, use of Paris [see art. 1 for
     first folio of text]. //em tuam quia dominus benefecit tibi. Quia
     eripuit...ut nostre congregacionis fratres sorores parentes amicos et
     benefactores no//

     11. ff. 145r-149v    Fifteen Joys of the Virgin, in French. //biens qui
     portastes. ix. mois ihesucrist en uos precieux flans et
     lalaittastes...pries pour moy et pour tous pecheurs et pour toutes
     pecherresses dont il ueult estre// [Leroquais, LH 2. 310-11].

     12. ff. 150r-152r    Seven Requests, in French. //Biau sire dieux ie
     uous requier conseil et aide...Sire si comme ce fut uoir regardes moy
     en pitie. Pater noster. [Leroquais, LH 2. 309-10].

     13. f. 152r-v    Saincte uraye croix aouree. Qui du corps dieu...[Sonet
     1876]. ff. 153r-154v ruled, but blank

          Parchment, ff. i (contemporary parchment, ruled but blank) + 152 +
     ii (contemporary parchment, ruled but blank), 208 x 154 (113 x 66) mm.
     Calendar written in 17 long lines, text in 15; single vertical bounding
     lines, full across; ruled in pale red ink.
          I^^12 (+ 1 before f. 1; moved from its place in XIII [8] after f. 100), II^^8,
     III^^4, IV^^8 (-1), V-X^^8, XI^^8 (-1), XII^^8, XIII^^8 (-1, 5, 8),
     XIV-XVIII^^8, XIX^^8 (-5), XX^^6 (-3). Catchwords in lower margin of last
     folio of quire, slightly right of center in batarde script.
          Liturgical gothic bookhand in two sizes.
          The style of the miniature and borders as well as the format are
     typical of manuscripts produced in Normandy and the Isle-de-France ca.
     1450-75 (cf. Delaisse, Marrow, de Wit, Waddesdon Manor MS 10, figs. 10-
     13, especially for the borders). All of the miniatures, with one
     exception, have been removed. F. 1r (Office of the Dead), a funeral
     mass, originally followed f. 100. Stubs and breaks in the text, as well
     as traces left by miniature frames and borders, indicate other
     miniatures followed ff. 13 (Sequences), 25 (Hours of the Virgin,
     Matins), 80 (Penitential Psalms), 98 (Hours of the Holy Spirit), 144
     (Fifteen Joys), and 149 (Seven Requests). Another miniature probably
     preceded f. 96 (Hours of the Cross).
          The surviving miniature (of poor quality), 13-line, is set in a
     narrow gold, black, and white arched frame, with a 3/4 bar border, gold
     and black, surrounded by gold and blue acanthus leaves, flowers,
     strawberries and black hair sprays with gold trilobe leaves, all within
     red bounding lines. Other borders frequently, but not always, traced
     (3/4 on folios with 4-line initials, confined elsewhere to outer
     margin) in same manner, the latter without any bar elements. 4-line
     initials, blue and gold with white highlights, filled with pink and
     blue trilobe leaves; 3-, 2-, 1-line initials in gold on blue and red
     with white highlights (2-line initials occasionally with black hair
     sprays and gold trilobe leaves extending into margin). Line fillers:
     ribbons, in blue, red, and gold, and flowers and geometric shapes in
     blue, red, and white. Rubrics in orange-tinted red. Calendar has 2-line
     initials for KL monogram; month, dates and important feasts in gold,
     other feasts alternately blue and crimson.
          Binding: s. xvi. Original sewing on four narrow, double, tawed
     thongs laced into oak boards and pegged or nailed. Plain, wound
     endbands on vegetable fiber cores, probably laid in grooves, are
     covered with secondary colored endbands sewn through the spine
     covering. The edges are gilt, the spine round. Covered in brown
     goatskin, blind-tooled with a diamond pattern on the spine, each
     diamond enclosing two small concentric circles, a floral border on the
     sides enclosing vertical lines of assorted ornaments. A strap-and-pin
     fastening, the wood cut out for the strap ends, the pins on the lower
     board. Joints partially cracked, straps wanting, some worm damage.

          Written in Northern France in the third quarter of the fifteenth
     century as indicated by the format, the style of miniature, and the
     border decoration. Signature of De Lahave on f. 154v, dated "Le V^^eme
     decembre 1589". Signature of Mrs. Fenton inside front cover. Armorial
     bookplates of Edward Wilfrid Fordham and Marinus Willet Dominick.
     Presented to Yale in 1940 by the Rev. Howard Chandler Robbins.

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 30, no. 106.

     Barbara A. Shailor