Beinecke MS 638
France (Clermont-Ferrand ?), s. XV/XVI
Processionale (pars aestivalis) for the Collegiate Church of St. Genesius at Clermont-Ferrand

1. ff. 1r-106r	Temporale, from the First Sunday of Advent to Corpus Christi. [f. 1r:] Dominica I 
Adventus; [f. 2r:] Dominica secunda; [f. 4r:] Dominica III; [f. 5v:] In Nativitate Domini; [f. 6v:] In 
introitu chori antiphona; [f. 7r:] In Epyphania Domini; [f. 9v:] In Purificatione beate Marie; [f. 
14v:] In Dominicis diebus responsorium; [f. 16v:] Alia antiphona in Dominicis diebus; [f. 21r:] 
Dominica in Septuagesima; [f. 23r:] In Capite Ieiunii; [f. 26v:] Dominica I Quadragesime; [f. 
27v:] Dominica II; [f. 29r:] Dominica quarta; [f. 30v:] Dominica in Passione; [f. 31v:] Dominica 
in Ramis Palmarum; [f. 46v:] In Cena Domini; [f. 55v:] Duo superchorarii cantent; [f. 57v:] In 
die sancto Pasche; [f. 61v:] In introitu chori antiphona; [f. 62r:] Dominica in octava Pasche ad 
processionem antiphona; [f. 65v:] Feria II in Rogationibus; [f. 67r:] Feria III in Rogationibus; [f. 
91r:] Feria secunda in Rogationibus; in the Litany the following saints are noteworthy: among 
the martyrs Austremonius first bishop of Clermont, Leodegarius bishop of Autun, Preiectus 
bishop of Clermont, Ferreolus; among the confessors Illidius (Allyre) bishop of Clermont; 
Genesius (see below) is missing; [f. 97r:] Feria III in Rogationibus; [f. 97v:] Tunc intrant 
ecclesiam; [f. 98r:] Feria IV in Rogationibus; In Ascensione Domini; [f. 101v:] Dominica infra 
octavam; [f. 103r:] In die sancto Penthecostes; [f. 103v:] In octava Penthecostes; [f. 104r:] In 
introitu chori antiphona; [f. 105r:] In festo Corporis Christi.

2. ff. 106r-150v	Sanctorale, from the Invention of the Cross to St. Catherine. [f. 106r:] In 
inventione et exaltacione sancte Crucis (3 May); [f. 109v:] Diebus Sabbati prosellus (in honour of 
the Virgin); [f. 114r:] Responsorium de beata Maria; [f. 119r:] Iohannis ante Portam Latinam (6 
May); [f. 120v:] Sancti Genesii episcopi (bishop of Clermont, 3 June) responsorium. Eravit 
Spiritus Sanctus fugans inimici potestatem quando replevit sua gracia Genesium intentum in Dei 
laudibus ... Fluminis impetus gracie divine sanctum letificat ... Prosellum quere in fine libri  (see 
f. 172r); [f. 122r:] In festo sancti Petri (29 June); [f. 123v:] Iohannis et Pauli (26 June); [f. 124v:] 
Sancte Marie Magdalene (22 July); [f. 125v:] Prosellus; [f. 126v:] Visitatio beate Marie (2 July); 
[f. 128r:] Sancte Anne (26 July); [f. 128v:] Sancti Stephani prothomartiris (2 August); [f. 130r:] In 
transfiguratione Domini (6 August); [f. 131r:] Sancti Laurentii (10 August); [f. 132r:] In 
Assumptione beate Marie (15 August); [f. 137v:] Sancti Iuliani (28 August) responsorium. 
Venerandum martirem Iulianum dum ad tumulum ...; Non sinens Christus lucernam oculi 
positam sub modio ... ; [f. 139r:] Prosellus. Integros remunerat duos senes iuventutis gaudio ... ; 
[f. 140r:] In Nativitate beate Marie (8 Sept.) verte V folia (= f. 145v); Sancti Michaelis (29 Sept.); 
[f. 141r:] De Omnibus Sanctis (1 Nov.) ; [f. 142v]: Sancti Austremonii (bishop of Clermont, 1 
Nov.) responsorium. Sancte Austremoni, Christi presul, audi rogantes servulos ... ; O 
Austremoni, sydus aureum Domini gracia, servorum gemitus solita suscipe clementia ...; [f. 
144r :] Sancti Martini (10 Nov.) ; [f. 145v :] In Presentatione beate Marie (21 Nov.) ; [f. 146v:] 
Duo superchorarii incipiunt ; [f. 147v :] Prosellus ; [f. 148v :] Sancte Catharine (25 Nov.).

3. ff. 150v-156r	Commune sanctorum. [f. 150v :] In natali apostolorum ; [f. 152r :] Unius 
martiris ; [f.152v :] Plurimorum martirum ; [f. 153v :] Unius confessoris ; [f. 155r :] Unius 
virginis.

4. ff. 156r-177r	Special processions. [f. 156r:] Pro serenitate; [f. 159v:] Ad pluviam 
postulandam; [f. 164r:] Ad reliquias deducendas; [f. 168v:] Pro mortalitate; [f. 172r:] Prosellus. 
In presenti sollempnio iubilemus Genesio et eius cum leticia recolamus preconia , pastor Arvernie 
...; [f. 173r:] In die sancto Pasche post Matutinas eundo ad fontes antiphona;  [f. 174r:] Ad 
Vesperas ad fontes antiphona ; Feria II ad fontes antiphona; [f. 174v:] Ad Vesperas antiphona; [f. 
175r:] Feria III antiphona; Ad Vesperas antiphona; [f. 175v:] Ps. 113 (without music).


Parchment, ff. II (paper) + 177 + II (paper), 145 x 110 mm. Next to the foliation, the manuscript 
has a partial early pagination "1"-"258" (= ff. 1r-129r). Many pages badly damaged and faded, 
especially f. 1r.

I-XXII 8 (ff. 1-176), XXIII  (a singleton, f. 177). Signatures of the type "a1"-"a4", from "a" to 
"y". Late quire-marks "1"-"6" are written at left in the lower margin of the first page of quires 
XVIII-XXIII (ff. 137-177), i.e. the quires without pagination.

Ruled for one column, 36 lines traced in lead. Normally 6 staves of 4 lines traced in red ink over 
the lead lines, the text underneath being written between two lines. If there is no music there are 
18 lines of text (double ruling).; c. 125 x c. 86 mm. Width of the staves: 12 mm. 

Copied by one hand in Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. Rubrics in Gothica Hybrida Formata 
(Bastarda). Music notation in Nota Quadrata.

Red rubrics. Heightening of majuscules in yellow. Alternately red and blue1-line plain initials on 
ff. 176r-177r. Flourished initials (height: 1 stave + 1 text line) alternately red with purple 
penwork and blue with red penwork. Cadels (same size) in a rectangular frame decorated with 
foliage on a yellow background. On f. 1r damaged large golden initial (2 staves + 2 lines of text) 
on a blue background containing coat of arms of Hugo Gontard (see below).

Binding s. XIX: marbled leather over cardboard, repaired. Gold-tooled spine with title on red 
leather label: "LIVRE D'HEURES". Brown marbled paper endpapers.

At the bottom of f. 177r is the contemporary note in Gothica Hybrida Formata "Pro ecclesia 
sancti Genesii Claromontensis de dono domini Hugonis Gontard abbatis dicte ecclesie". Hugo 
Gontard was a canon in the collegiate church of St. Genesius (St. Genez) at Clermont-Ferrand in 
1515 and "abbot" of the said church 1519-1545; see Gallia Christiana, v. 2 (Paris, 1720), 319. 
On the front fly-leaf recto (1) a s. XVIII/XIX note "Paucillum amici memento. [signed] 
Herry***"; (2) a note in French on this manuscript, signed "Keller 1842"; (3) a typewritten 
bookseller's description in German, with the number 723. Sold in 1865 by Musikantiquariat 
Walter Ricke at Munich. On the front pastedown armorial bookplate with the device "Imitare 
quam invidere" of the Albert H. Childs, Yale '61, Memorial Collection at Yale University 
Library, with the number "Ms. 2". [But would have been offered for sale by Michel Huglo in 
1982].

Albert Derolez

R 06.06.08