Beinecke MS 461               France, 1649
Devotions for a Priest

1.  pp. 1-19  Praeparatio ad missam pro opportunitate sacerdotis facienda.
Antiphona.  Ne reminiscaris Domine delicta nostra...paratam sibi in nobis
inueniat mansionem.  Qui tecum viuit et regnat in vnitate Spiritus sancti
Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.  Amen.

     Psalms 83-85, 125, 129, Kyrie eleison and prayers.

2.  pp. 20-23  Orationes dicendae cum Sacerdos induitur Sacerdotalibus
paramentis.  Cum lauat manus, dicat.  Da, domine, virtutem manibus meis...vt
istud portare sic valeam, quod consequar tuam gratiam.  Amen.

     Prayers for the priest to say as he washes his hands, puts on the
amice, alb, girdle, maniple, stole and chasuble.

3.  pp. 23-30  Orationes dicendae ab Episcopo quando in Pontificalibus
celebrat.  Ad Caligas.  Calcea, Domine, pedes meos in praeparationem Euangelij
pacis...vt cum exultatione portionem accipiam cum justis.

     Prayers for a bishop to say as he puts on the pontifical sandals and
cope, washes his hands, puts on the amice, alb, and girdle, as he picks up the
pectoral cross, puts on the stole, tunicle, dalmatic, pontifical gloves,
planeta, miter, ring and maniple.

4.  pp. 31-39  Gratiarum actio post missam.  Antiphona.  Trium puerorum
cantemus hymnum...qui beato Laurentio tribuisti tormentorum suorum incendia
superare.  Per Christum Dominum nostrum.  Amen.

     Daniel 3.57-89, Psalm 150, Kyrie eleison and prayers.

5.  pp. 40-59  Orationes pro opportunitate Sacerdotis ante celebrationem et
Communionem dicendae.  Oratio Sancti Ambrosij Episcopi.  Die Dominica.  Summe
Sacerdos, et vere Pontifex Iesu Christe, qui te obtulisti...vt nec esuriam, nec
sitiam in aeternum.  Qui cum eodem Deo Patre, et Spiritu sancto, viuis et
regnas, per omnia saecula saeculorum.  Amen.

     Prayers for a priest to say each day before mass.

6.  pp.59-71  Alia Oratio ante Missam.  Ad mensam dulcissimi conuiuij tui,
pie Domine Iesu Christe...; p. 63 Oratio Sancti Thomae Aquinatis.
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, ecce accedo ad sacramentum vnigeniti Filij tui...;
p. 65 Orationes post celebrationem et Communionem dicendae.  Oratio Sancti
Thomae de Aquino.  Gratias tibi ago Domine sancte, Pater omnipotens, aeterne
Deus, qui me peccatorem...; p. 68 Alia Oratio Sancti Bonauenturae.
Transfige, dulcissime Domine Iesu, medullas et viscera animae meae...in quo
fixa et firma et immobiliter semper sit radicata mens mea, et cor meum.  Amen.
[below, in smaller script:] N. Jarry Paris.  scribebat 1649.  p. 72 blank; p.
73 monogram within a wreath; p. 74 blank

     Parchment, ff. ii (contemporary parchment) + 36 (original pagination 1-71,
72 added later) + iv (contemporary parchment, i = pp. 73-74, iv = back
pastedown), 121 x 83 (87 x 56) mm. 16 long lines, including running titles.
No rulings visible; written space framed by narrow gold and red line.
     I^^2 (pp. i-iv), II-X^^4, XI^^4 (4 = back pastedown).
     Written in imitation of Roman font, upper and lower case, with cursive for
headings and rubrics, by N. Jarry.
     Title page (p. 1), p. 31 (Gratiarum actio) and p. 40 (orationes) with finely
executed headpieces and 3- or 2-line initials, gold edged in red, with flowers.
2-line initials gold edged in red or blue; 1-line initials in red.  Running
titles and headings in red.  On p. 73 a monogram that incorporates the alphabet
inside a wreath tied with a pink ribbon.
     Binding: s. xvii-xviii.  Red goatskin, gold-tooled, with two gold-plated clasps
which may be later additions.  Gilt edges.

Written by N. Jarry in Paris, 1649 (see art. 6); not listed in R. Portalis,
Nicolas Jarry et la calligraphie au xvii^^e siecle (Paris, 1896),
although he lists three other copies of the same text (pp. 60-61, nos. 67-69).
Bookplate of Catherine Anita Bliss.  Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Fisher in
1936.

Barbara A. Shailor