Devotions for All Souls., 15th century.
Scope and Contents
The volume includes a Calendar (folio 8), possibly of the diocese of Liège, with entries in red for 'Die groet letanye' (26 April), "Franciscus ons h' vad" (4 October, duplex), and Hubrecht (3 November, duplex), and in black for Magdelberte (7 September, duplex); Mass for All Souls (folio 20); Penitential Psalms and Litany (folio 32); 'Den corten souter van der passien' (folio 96 verso); Vespers for the vigil of All Souls (folio 166); the Hours of All Souls (folio 332); and a large number of prayers and devotional exercises in commemoration of all souls.
Rubrics are usually in red, occasionally in black with red underlinings; initials in the text are usually in red, occasionally in blue. Lacking a leaf after folio 19 and two after folio 331, but no lacunae in text.
Dates
- Creation: 15th century.
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
425 Leaves ; 104 x 72 millimetres.
Language of Materials
Dutch; Flemish
Arrangement
425 folios.
Collation: 1⁶, 2¹⁴(-14), 3-6⁸, 7-16¹⁰, 17¹², 18-25¹⁰, 26¹², 27-33¹⁰, 34⁸(-7, 8), 35-36¹⁰, 37-41¹², 42¹⁰, 43⁴. Remains of signatures are visible in gatherings 3 to 36.
Single columns of 17-22 lines.
Physical Description
Near-contemporary binding of leather-covered bevelled wooden boards with a pair of clasps, one of which has been repaired. A picture of St John the Evangelist within an inscriptional frame is blind-stamped on both front and back covers.
Paper (watermarks hand and pot); gatherings 3-6, the outer leaves of gatherings 7-16, 18-25, 27-31, and 35-36, and the inmost leaves of gathering 32 are vellum.
Repository Details
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