Beinecke MS 314               France, 1557
Devotions (in Lat. and Fr.)

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1.  ff.  1r-3r Suffrage to the Trinity; the set of prayers to the
Persons of the Trinity, beginning f.1v: Pater de celis deus miserere
nobis.  Domine sancte pater omnipotens eterne deus qui coequalem...;
f.2r Domine ihesu christe fili dei viui qui es verus...;
f.2v Domine spiritus sancte deus qui coequalis...[HE, 124-25].

2.  ff. 3r-7v Suffrages arranged in the order of the liturgical year;
Christmas, Circumcision, Epiphany, Veneration of the Cross, Easter,
Rogationtide, Ascension, Pentecost, Corpus Christi.

3.  ff.  7v-33r Suffrages to Michael archangel, All Angels, John the
Baptist, Peter, Paul, Andrew, John the Evangelist, James the Greater,
Thomas, Philip, James the Less, Bartholomew, Matthew, Simon, Jude,
Matthias, Mark, Luke, All Apostles, Stephen, Dionysius, Lawrence,
Sebastian, Christopher, All Martyrs, Gregory, Jerome, Augustine, Ambrose,
Martin, Nicolas, Claudius, Antony abbot, Rochus (rubric only, on f. 26v),
Anna (beginning defectively on f. 27r), Mary Magdalen, Catharine of
Alexandria, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Genevieve, 11,000 Virgins, All
Virgins, All Saints.

4.  ff.  33r-42r [Prayers for various occasions:] Sequuntur plures
petitiones et Orationes.  Primo quando surgis mane.  In matutinis domine
meditebor in te quia fuisti adiutor meus.  Oremus. Gratias ago tibi
domine omnipotens eterne deus qui me in hac nocte non meis meritis...;
f. 33v Quando exibus [sic] domum tuam dic.  Vias tuas domine demonstra
michi...; f. 33v Accipiendo aquam benedictam Dic.  Asperges me
domine hyssopo et mundabor...; f. 33v Dicenda ante imaginem crucifixi.
Salua nos christe saluator per virtutem sancte crucis... [with versicle,
response and prayer:] Crucem tuam adoramus et veneramur...; f. 34r
Quando presbiter se vertit.  Spiritus sancti gratia illustret...;
f. 34v In elevatione corporis domini.  Anima Christi sanctifica me...
[for this and the preceeding 4 prayers, excluding "Asperges me", see
Lyell Cat., p. 73]; f. 34v Alia Oratio.  Adoro te deuote latens
deitas...[RH 518]; f. 35v In eleuatione Calicis.  Aue vere sanguis
domini nostri iesu christi qui de latere eius...[Leroquais, LH 2.340];
f. 35v Salue sancta caro dei per quam salui fiunt rei...[Leroquais, LH
2.348]; f. 36r Omnibus orationem sequentem deuote dicentibus inter
eleuationem corporis christi et tertium.  Agnus dei. duo milia annorum de
indulgentia fuerunt concessa per dominum Bonifacium papam sextum.  Oremus.
Domine iesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam carnem...[HE 72]; f. 37r
Quando capitur pax.  Da pacem domine in diebus nostris...; f. 37r
Oremus.  Domine non sum dignus vt intres sub tectum meum, sed tantum
dic verbo...; f. 37r Sequuntur orationes ante communionem dicende et
post deuotissime.  Ecce plenus miserijs venio ad te...; f. 37v
Oratio ad iesum christum.  O domine iesu christe supple de te, quod
minus habeo in me...; f. 38r Oratio ante sacram communionem.  Ad mensam
dulcissimi conuiuij tui pie iesu christe ego peccator...; f. 39v In sumptione
corporis Christi.  Domine non sum dignus vt intres sub tectum meum, sed
tu domine qui dixisti...; f. 39v Quando Recepisti.  Vera perceptio
corporis et sanguinis tui...; f. 40r Alia oratio post sacram communionem.
Ineffabilem misericordiam tuam domine iesu christe humiliter exoro...; f. 41r
Alia oratio post sacram communionem.  Gratias tibi domine sancte pater
omnipotens eterne deus qui me indignum peccatorem...; f. 41v Alia oratio
post sacram communionem.  Domine iesu christe fili dei viui qui ex voluntate
patris....

5.  ff.  42r-67v [Prayers:] Beatus papa gregorius instituit septem
sequentes orationes et concessit omnibus penitentibus et confessis dicentibus
eas genibus flexis ante ymaginem pietatis...quatuordecim milia annorum
indulgentie...alie due sequntur [sic] orationes ab alio pontifice
institute...O Domine Iesu criste in cruce pendentem...[Leroquais, LH
2.346 with his n. 3 here at the end] followed by 2 prayers, O Amantissime
domine sancte pater ego offero tibi..., and O domine Ihesu christe fili dei dei
[sic] viui qui misterium tue acerbissime passionis...; f. 44v Oratio
ad Iesum Christum.  Conditor celi et terre rex regum et dominus dominantium
qui me de nihilo fecisti...; f. 47r Oratio sancti bernardi.  O bone iesu o
pijssime iesu o dulcissime iesu...[A. Wilmart, Le 'Jubilus' dit de
St. Bernard (Rome 1944) pp. 267-68]; f. 49r Oratio virginis marie quod
dicebat quotidie in templo.  Domine deus omnipotens qui cunta [sic] de
nihilo potenter creasti...; f. 49v Oratio deuota.  Deus propicius
esto michi peccatori et custos mei omnibus diebus vite mee...[HE 125];
f. 51r Deuota contemplacio beate marie virginis iuxta crucem....  Stabat
mater dolorosa iuxta crucem lachrymosa...[RH 19416], followed by the
prayer, Interueniat pro nobis quesumus domine...; f. 53r Oratio valde
deuota ad beatissimam virginem mariam.  Obsecro te...[masculine
forms; Leroquais, LH 2.346]; f. 56r Alia oratio ad beatam virginem Mariam
et ad sanctum Iohannem Euangelistam.  O Intemerata...orbis terrarum.
Inclina mater misericordie aures tue...[masculine forms; Wilmart,
488-90]; f. 58r Oratio valde deuota ad beatam virginem mariam.  Ab
initio electa sine fine creata virgo maria mater domini nostri...; f. 59v
Oratio ad eandem virginem mariam plene remissionis.  Ave virgo gloriosa
stella sole clarior mater dei speciosa...[RH 35801]; f. 60r Oratio
breuis et deuotissima ad eandem virginem mariam.  Memorare o piissima virgo
maria non esse auditum a seculo...; f. 60v Oratio Sancti Augustini.
O Dulcissime domine Iesu christe verus deus qui de sinu patris omnipotentis
missus est...[see Lyell Cat., p. 380, n. 169]; f. 65v Oratio ad iesum
Christum.  Domine iesu christe amore illius gaudij quod dilecta nostra mater
tua habuit...; f. 65v Oratio sancti Caroli magni.  Domine Iesu christe
pastor bone conserua iustos...; f. 65v Oratio angelorum ad reginam
celorum.  Salue alte trinitatis nobilis creatura...; f. 66r Promissiones
dei seruantibus eius mandata.  Si in preceptis meis ambulaueritis...;
f. 67r Comminationes dei mandata eius negligentibus.  Si non audieritis
me....

6.  ff.  68r-70r [Prayers in Latin with their French equivalents:] Oratio
dominica.  Pater noster...; f. 68r Oraison dominicale.  Nostre pere
qui es es cieulx, Sanctifie soit ton nom...[Sonet 1252]; f. 68v
Salutation Angelicque.  Ie te salue Marie pleine de grace, nostr[e]
Seigneur est auec toy...[Sonet 881]; f. 69r Symbolum Apostolorum.
Credo in deum patrem omnipotentem...; f. 69v Symbole des Apostres.
Ie croys en dieu le pere tout puissant...[Sonet 794].

7.  ff.  70r-74v [Prayers:] Benedictio.  Benedicite Dominus Nos et ea
que sumus sumpturi...; f. 70r Gratiarum actio.  Agimus tibi gratias
omnipotens deus pro uniuersis beneficijs tuis...[with versicles, responses
and the prayer:] Retributor omnium bonorum...; f. 71r Alia gratiarum
actio.  Laus deo, pax viuis, requies defunctis...[with versicles,
responses and the prayer:] Ego sum reus miserrimus et maximus peccator...;
f. 72v Ad sanctum corpus christi.  Ave salus mundi verbum patris...
[cf. MS 110, f. 192v]; f. 73r Ave verum corpus Christi natum de maria
virgine...[Wilmart, 373-76]; f. 73r In manus tuas domine commendo
spiritum meum...; [Leroquais, LH 2.344] f. 73r Dominus pars hereditatis
mee et calicis mei...; f. 73v Ad proprium Angelum.  Angele qui
meus es custos pietate superna...[Wilmart, 556-58]; f. 73v Ad mariam
virginem.  Salue regina misericordie vita dulcedo...[RH 18147, with
versicle, response and the prayer:] Concede nos famulos tuos quesumus
domine deus perpetua mentis et corporis salute....

8.  ff.  75r-76r Lists in French of the 3 theological virtues, the 4
cardinal virtues, the 7 sacraments, the 5 senses, the 7 gifts of the Holy
Spirit, the 7 deadly sins, the 7 opposing virtues, the 7 works of spiritual
mercy, the 7 works of corporal mercy, and requirements for true repentance.


9.  ff.  76v-107v [Prayers in French:] Confession generale...deuant
que recepuoir son seigneur et createur.  Ie me confesse a dieu le pere
tout puissant, a la benoiste vierge marie...[Sonet 813]; f. 80r
Sire Dieu i'en dis ma coulpe. Iay transgresse les dix commandemens...;
f. 83v Oraison tres deuotte a Dieu, faicte en recongnoissance de luy par
maniere de confession et Satisfacion.  O dieu createur du ciel et de la
terre, Roy des Roys...[Sonet 1313}; f. 87v Oraison tres deuotte a
dieu le pere.  Mon benoist Dieu ie croy de cueur et confesse de bouche
tout ce que saincte esglise croit et tient de vous...[Sonet 1150];
f. 89r Qui veult bien viure et bien mourir de cueur et de bouche sil
est possible en parlant a dieu cinq choses doibt dire qui sensuyuent, Et
premierement.  Mon dieu mon createur ie congnois et confesse que tous
les biens que sont en moy...[Sonet 1178]; f. 91v Oraison singuliere
a nostre seigneur.  Mon dieu, mon pere, mon createur, ie croy de cueur
et confesse de bouche tout ce que saincte eglise croit et tient de vous...
[somewhat enlarged version of the prayer on ff. 87v-89; Sonet 1150];
f. 93v Oraison a la vierge marie.  Glorieuse vierge marie, mere de
iesu christ, vray dieu tout puissant, Royne des cieulx tres sumptueuse ie te
recommande...[Sonet 679?]; f. 95v Sensuiuent les xv ioyes de nostre
dame tres deuottes et de grande contemplation.  Doulce dame [de]
misericorde, mere de pitie fontaine de tous biens...[Leroquais, LH
2.310-11]; f. 99v Oraison de la croix.  Saincte vray croix adoree/ Qui
du corps dieu fut ornee...[Sonet 1876]; f. 100r Oraison de nostre
dame fort deuote et bien composee par laquelle on requiert les peches estre
effaces et les vertus estre donnees, pour euiter enfer, et auoir paradis.
A Toy Royne de hault paraige/ Dame du ciel et de la terre/ Me viens
complainde [sic] de l'oultraige...[Sonet 24, by Guillaume Alexis];
f. 103v Oraison a la glorieuse vierge marie pour dire tous les iours.
Glorieuse vierge marie/ A toy ie me rends et si te prie/ Que tu me
vueille ayder/...[Sonet 675, attributed to Guillaume Alexis]; f. 104v
Obsecro te domina.  Ie te prie saincte Marie mere de dieu tres pleine
de pitie...Ainsi Soit il. Amen [masculine forms; Sonet 846].  Finis.
1557.

     Parchment (poor quality:  many ends, some stitched pieces), ff.
i (paper) + ii (contemporary parchment) + 107 + i (paper), 180 x 129
(150 x 101) mm., trimmed.  Written in 16-18 long lines, ruled in pale brown
ink.  Single vertical and horizontal bounding lines, full length and full
width; an
additional vertical bounding line in inner margin on some folios.  Prickings
for text rulings along outer vertical bounding lines. 
     I-V^^4, VI^^4 (+2 leaves at end, ff. 25 and 26), VII-XI^^4, XII-XIII^^8,
XIV^^8 (+4 single leaves at end, ff. 71-74, XV^^8 (+1 leaf at beginning, f. 75),
XVI-XVIII^^8.
     Written in batarde by several persons.
     Forty-six miniatures of very poor quality, the majority 10- to
8-lines, rectangular and full width of folio, framed in brown ink; four others
(ff. 42v, 53r, 73v, and 104v) 5- to 4-lines, square, in gold frames edged in
blue.  The subjects follow:  f. 1r Trinity; f. 1v God the Father blessing; f.
2r Christ child blessing; f. 2v Holy Spirit as dove; f. 4v Crucifixion with
Living Tree; f. 8r St. Michael; f. 9r St. John the Baptist; f. 9v St. Peter;
f. 10r St. Paul; f. 10v St. Andrew; f. 11v St. John the Evangelist; f. 12r St.
James the Greater; f. 12v St. Thomas; f. 13r St. Philip; f. 13v St. James the
Less; f. 14r St. Bartholomew; f. 14v St. Matthew; f. 15r St. Simon; f. 15v St.
Jude; f. 16v St. Matthias; f. 17r St. Mark; f. 17v St. Luke; f. 18v St. Stephen;
f. 19r St. Dionysius; f. 19v St. Lawrence; f. 20r St. Sebastian; f. 21r St.
Christopher; f. 22r St. Gregory; f. 22v St. Jerome; f. 23r St. Augustine;
f. 23v St. Ambrose;
f. 24r St. Martin; f. 25r St. Nicolas; f. 25v St. Claudius; f. 26r St. Antony
abbot; f. 27r St. Mary Magdalen; f. 27v St. Catharine; f. 28r St. Margaret;
f. 29r St. Barbara; f. 30r St. Apollonia; f. 31r St. Genevieve; f. 42r
Strawberry plant (without frame); f. 42v Mass of St. Gregory; f.53r Virgin
and Child, half-length; f. 73v Virgin and Child, with Mary crowned by angel; f.
104v Virgin and Child.  4- to 3-lines initials, ff. 1r-7v only, silver or gold
on magenta or blue irregular grounds, with gold or silver filigree.  2- and
1-lines initials in red.  Line-fillers in red and brown floral patterns.
Rubrics throughout.
     Binding:  s. xvi-xvii [?].  Resewn on four very small vegetable fiber
cords.  The spine of the cover shows that the earlier supports were nearly
flat and double and that there were two half-bands near head and tail.  Red
edges.  Covered in yellow/brown calf, blind-tooled with a central panel filled
with strap work inside floral borders.  A rectangle of leather near the center
is painted red and "Margveritte de Savoye" is tooled near the head of the
lower board.  The cover has been made into a case or hollow-backed binding.

Written in France, 1557 (see art. 9).  Reputed to have been made for
Marguerite de Valois, duchess of Savoy (1523-74); this is based on the
inscription on the lower cover and note on f. ii recto:  "Ce manuscrit
vient de la Bibliotheque de M. de Brienne Cardinal de Lomenie [Etienne
Charles Lomenie de Brienne, b. 1727], voici comme en parle l'Abbe Laire
dans le catalogue imprime de cette bibliotheque.  page 304 du tom. 2 [F. X.
Laire, Index librorum ab inventa typographia (Sens, 1791) v. 2, p. 304, no.
52]: N^^o 52 heures ou Livre de prieres in 4^^o.  Codex in membranis cum
nonnullis picturis et scriptus Lettres batardes 1557. pro usu
Margueritae principissae de Sabaudia sicut constat ex inscriptione cuperturae
superioris partim Latine partim Graece [sic; Laire says Gallice]
scribitur."  There is no evidence within the manuscript that it was written
for Marguerite of Savoy.  Nor is there evidence except the note on the
flyleaf (which is not in the hand of Laire, the Cardinal's librarian) that
the manuscript did in fact belong to Cardinal Lomenie de Brienne, and
should be identified with the volume in Laire's catalogue.  Signature on f.
ii verso:  "Thomas Willement.  1839."  Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss in 1964.

Barbara A. Shailor