Beinecke MS 110                                                    Flanders, ca. 1480
Hours use of Rome (partly in Flemish)

     1. ff. 1r-12v    Calendar in Flemish; among the entries, Adelgundis (30
     Jan.), Gertrude (17 March), Medard (8 June), Basil (14 June, in red),
     10,000 Martyrs (22 June), Amalberga (10 July), Wilgefortis (19 July),
     Audomar (9 Sept.), Lambert (17 Sept.), Bavo (1 Oct., in red), Gereon
     (10 Oct.), Hubert (3 Nov.), Lievin (12 Nov.), Maclovius (15 Nov.).

     2. ff. 13r-16r    Short Hours of the Cross. f. 16v ruled, but blank

     3. f. 17r blank; ff. 17v-26v    Short Hours of the Virgin, immediately
     followed by the Seven Joys of the Virgin [HE 64-66] and the prayer,
     Dulcissime domine ihesu christe qui beatissimam dei genitricem uirginem
     mariam... [Leroquais, LH 1. 282]. f. 27r blank

     4. ff. 27v-105v    Hours of the Virgin, use of Rome, with psalms
     designated for the days of the week at Matins; the Advent Office begins
     at f. 92r. Center bifolium missing in quire 9, with loss of the end of
     Prime.

     5. f. 106r blank; ff. 106v-131r    Penitential Psalms and Litany. Among
     the 18 martyrs, Nicasius (14); among the 20 confessors, Basilius (12),
     Amandus (9), Vedast (10), Donatianus (11); among the 20 virgins,
     Gertrude (11), Aldegundis (12), Petronilla (17). f. 131v blank

     6. ff. 132r-176v    Office of the Dead, use of Rome.

     7. ff. 177r-178r    Gospel of John 1. 1-14. f. 178v ruled, but blank

     8. ff. 179r-185v    Salutatio ad uirginem. Obsecro te...[masculine
     forms; Leroquais, LH 2.346-47]; Salutatio ad uirginem. O
     intemerata...[Wilmart 488-90].

     9. ff. 186r-207v    Various prayers. Eene minlic ende zeere deuot
     ghebet vander maghet marie die min heere sinte bernaert macte. O domina
     glorie regina leticie. O fons pietatis...; (f. 187r) Snuchtes alstu up
     staes zo teekent hu met den teeke des heilichs crucen. Gratias tibi ago
     omnipotens pater qui me in hac nocte custodire dignatus es...; (f.
     187r) Oremus. Domine sancte pater omnipotens eterne deus qui nos ad
     principium...[Leroquais LH 1.100, 183]; (f. 187v) Salua me domine rex
     eterne glorie...; (f. 188r) Benedicat me deus pater...; (f. 188r)
     Oremus. Oratio. Actiones nostras quesumus domine aspirando
     preueni...[Sinclair, p. 407]; (f. 188v) Dit zijn de viii versen van
     sinte bernaert. Psalmus. Illumina domine oculos meos...[RH 27912]; (f.
     189v) Oremus. Oratio. Omnipotens sempiterne deus qui
     ezechie...[Leroquais, LH 1.32]; (f. 190r) Vanden heilighen gheest. Ueni
     creator spiritus mentes...[RH 21204]; (f. 191r) Oremus. Oratio. Deus
     qui corda fidelium sancti spiritus illustratione docuisti...[Lyell
     Cat., p. 65, art. 9]; (f. 191v) Desen bedinghe salmen lesen naer
     sanctus ter eeren vander heiligher triniteit. Auxiliatrix esto michi
     sancta trinitas gloriosa...[Leroquais LH 1.111, 119]; (f. 192v)
     Salutacie toot den heilighen sacramente seer deuot. Aue salus mundi
     uerbum patris hostia sacra...[RH 35720]; (f. 193r) Eene deuot salutatie
     tot den helighen bloet. Aue sanguis qui fluxisti de preclara carne
     christi...; (f. 193v) De sacramento. Anima christi sanctifica me. copus
     [sic] christi salua me...[RH 1090]; (f. 194r) Vanden heleghe
     sacrament.
     In presentia ueri corporis et sanguinis tui preciosissimi...[Leroquais,
     LH 1.329]; (f. 195r) Tot den helich sacrament. Aue principium nostre
     creationis. Aue precium nostre redemptionis...[Wilmart pp. 23, 366, 377
     n.]; (f. 196r) Oremus. Oratio...Deus qui nobis sub sacramento mirabili
     passionis...[Sinclair, p. 255]; (f. 196v) Dit siin de bedinghe van der
     passie ons heere ihesu christi. Mundi creator et redemptor ihesu
     christe qui ad passionem iturus...; (f. 197v) Deprecor te pijssime
     domine ihesu christe propter illam...; (198v) Domine ihesu christe per
     amaritudinem mortis tue...; (f. 199r) Benignissime domine ihesu christe
     respice super me...; (f. 199v) Vanden .vij. Woorden die ons heere sprac
     an t'cruce. Domine ihesu christe qui septem uerba...[Prayer of the
     Venerable Bede; Leroquais, LH 2.342]; (f. 202r) Dese naer uolghende
     bedinghen mactet mijn heere sinte gregoris doe ons heere ihesus
     christus...[rubric gives 20 thousand years and 23 days of indulgence by
     Gregory, confirmed by Pope Calixtus III] Domine ihesu christe adoro te
     in cruce pendentem...[Seven Prayers of St. Gregory; Leroquais, LH
     2.346]; (f. 203r) Dese bedinghe maectet mijn heere sinte bernaert ter
     eeren vander soete namen van ihesus. O bone ihesu. O dulcissime ihesu.
     O pijssime ihesu...[Leroquais LH 2.345]; (f. 205v) Oremus. Oratio. Deus
     qui manus tuas et pedes tuos et totum corpus tuum...[Leroquais, LH
     1.34]; (f. 206v) Van sinte baerbele. Antiphona. Aue martir gloriosa
     barbaraque generosa...[RH 1915].

     10. ff. 208r-215r    Devotions on the Passion of Christ, in Latin, with
     rubrics in Flemish. So wie beghert dat sine bede ghehort oort van
     gode...Adoramus te christe et benedicimus tibi...[followed by a psalm
     and an antiphon; this pattern is repeated 4 more times]. f. 215v ruled,
     but blank

     11. ff. 216r-220v    Prayers in Flemish. Aue maria gratia plena dominus
     tecum benedicta tu. O vlietende borne in der eewicheit...[Meertens
     6.293]; (f. 217r) Dit es een deuote bedinghe van onse lieue
     vrauwe. O
     vrauwe maria moeder gods uwe helighe gratie...; (f. 219v) Noch een
     ander van maria. O maria ghegroet si di in der helegher drie
     voudicheit...; (f. 220r) Men vint bescreuen dat onse lieue vrauwe drie
     weruen reip doe ons lief heere sine cruce drouc...Ten eersten male
     riepsi. O Wee een gheboren sone troost dijn eneghe moeder....

     12. f. 221r-v    Apostles' Creed and the Confiteor; the latter
     incomplete, ending with "consensu tactu uisu". The phrase "ego infelix
     peccatrix" in the Confiteor indicates that the book was written for use
     by a woman.

          Parchment, ff. i (paper) + 221 + i (paper), 130 x 94 (85 x 56)
     mm., trimmed. Written in 17 long lines in the calendar, 16 in the text,
     ruled in pale red ink; single vertical and horizontal bounding lines,
     full across.
          I-II^^6, III^^8 (+ 1 leaf for miniature after f. 16), IV^^6 (-1),
V^^8
     (+ 1 leaf for miniature before f. 28), VI-VIII^^8, IX^^8 (-4, 5), X-XIV^^8,
     XV^^8 (+1 leaf for miniature before f. 107), XVI^^8, XVII^^8 (+1 leaf
     after f. 130), XVIII^^8 (3, 4, 5, 6 single leaves), XIX-XXII^^8, XXIII^^8
     (-8), XXIV^^8, XXV^^6, XXVI-XVIII^^8, XXIX^^6.
          Written in liturgical gothic bookhand by one scribe.
          Three full-page miniatures of mediocre quality: f. 17v (Short
     Hours of the Virgin) Annunciation; f. 27v (Hours of the Virgin, Matins)
     Agony in the Garden; f. 106v (Penitential Psalms) Last Judgment. Each
     miniature set in a narrow frame of gold, black, pink, and white; full
     border of blue and gold acanthus leaves, red, pink, and blue flowers
     and strawberries, and black pen flecks. One 7-line historiated initial
     on f. 216r (Flemish Prayers): Pieta, pink with white highlights on
     gold; full border as above; text separated from border by a narrow band
     attached to initial of gold and pink, edged in black. Illuminated 5-
     line initials with full borders (eg. ff. 13r, 18r, 28r), pink or blue
     with white highlights on gold, filled with blue or pink trilobe leaves.
     2-line initials, gold on pink and blue with white highlights, one on f.
     92r (Advent Office) with a band attached, as above, and small sections
     of border, as above; one 3-line initial on f. 179r (Obsecro te) in
     similar manner. 1-line initials, blue with red penwork and gold with
     black penwork; initials within text washed in yellow. KL monograms as
     2-line initials; Latin names of months and important feasts in red.
     Line fillers: oblique lines with dots attached, stylized plant motifs,
     dots, etc., in blue or gold. Rubrics in faded red.
          Binding: s. xix. Brown, originally black, sheepskin; stamped in
     gold on the spine: "Psaterium." Red edges.

          Written in or near Bruges ca. 1480, according to J. Marrow; early
     provenance unknown. Signature on f. 1r: "Hanelle" (s. xviii). Belonged
     to Russell G. Pruden. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Prentis in 1949.

     Bibliography: Faye and Bond, p. 31, no. 110.

     Barbara A. Shailor