YALE UNIVERSITY
BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY
THE JAMES MARSHALL AND MARIE-LOUISE OSBORN
COLLECTION
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Osborn a12
Prayers (in Latin prose and French verse). France. Fifteenth
century. Parchment. 4 loose ff. (numbered 9-12). 162 x 115 mm. 1
column, 24-30 lines.
Gothic script. Blue and red penwork and ornamentation. The titles
of French verse are rubricated.
Purchased in 1956 from Percy J. Dobell. Bequeathed to Beinecke by
James M. Osborn in 1976.
Comments: The two French prayers in verse are
1. Oreson de la Croix: "Croix en toy voy mon dieu pendu ..."
2. A la vierge Marie: "Oraigne qui fustes hault mise ..."
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