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Details for manuscript 470

Manuscript №
470
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Egerton 2781
Headnote
The Neville of Hornby Hours
Estimated date of production
s.xiv (med)
Folia
190
Place of production
Lancashire
Produced for
Isabel de Byron
Notes
"? Isabel de Byron, wife of Robert I de Neville (d. c. 1335) of Hornby manor in Melling parish, Lonsdale Hundred, north Lancashire"
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS032-001984840

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 ff. 2r-7v: A calendar, with numerous English saints; Latin 2r (3) 7v (14) 12.0
2 ff. 9r-20v: 23 Salutations of the Virgin in Latin, each beginning 'Ave et gaude'; Latin 9r (17) 20v (40) 24.0
3 ff. 21r-25r: Prayers to the Virgin in Latin, some with rubrics in Anglo-Norman; Latin 21r (41) 25r (49) 4.5
4 ff. 21r-25r: Prayers to the Virgin in Latin, some with rubrics in Anglo-Norman; French 21r (41) 25r (49) 4.5
5 ff. 25v-26r: Prayer for mercy in Latin; Latin 25v (50) 26r (51) 2.0
6 ff. 26v-27v: An antiphon, versicle, response and prayer in Latin in honour of Saints Quiricus and Julitta; a Latin prayer at the beginning of the Mass; Latin 26v (52) 27v (54) 3.0
7 ff. 28r-29v: A poem in Anglo-Norman on how the Virgin taught Canon Arnaud, a new prayer; French 28r (55) 29v (58) 3.5
8 ff. 29v-34v: 'Missus est angelus', a Latin Litany of the Virgin; Latin 29v (58) 34v (68) 10.5
9 ff. 35r-36r: Commemoration of the Holy Cross in Latin; Latin 35r (69) 36r (71) 3.0
10 ff. 36v-37r: Commemoration of St. Christopher; in Latin Latin 36v (72) 37r (73) 2.0
11 ff. 37v-41v: Commemorations of Christ in Latin; Latin 37v (74) 41v (82) 8.33
12 ff. 41v-43v: Commemoration of St. Anne in Latin and Anglo-Norman (Sinclair, French Devotional Texts , First Suppl. (1982), no. 3954); French 41v (82) 43v (86) 2.33
13 ff. 41v-43v: Commemoration of St. Anne in Latin and Anglo-Norman (Sinclair, French Devotional Texts , First Suppl. (1982), no. 3954); Latin 41v (82) 43v (86) 2.33
14 ff. 44r-51v: Short Office of the Cross in Latin; Latin 44r (87) 51v (102) 16.0
15 f. 52r-v: Latin prayer to the wounds of Christ; Latin 52r (103) 52v (104) 2.0
16 ff. 53r-101v: Hours of the Virgin (imperfect); Latin 53r (105) 101v (202) 97.33
17 ff. 101v-108r: Litany of the Virgin, with a rubric in Anglo-Norman; Latin 101v (202) 108r (215) 6.67
18 ff. 101v-108r: Litany of the Virgin, with a rubric in Anglo-Norman; French 101v (202) 108r (215) 6.67
19 ff. 108r-112r: Prayers to Faith, Hope and Charity, to the Virgin, to all the Saints and to the Magi; Latin 108r (215) 112r (223) 8.33
20 ff. 113r-122r: Penitential Psalms, imperfect , beginning at Psalm 6; Latin 113r (225) 122r (243) 19.0
21 ff. 122v-125r: Gradual Psalms, with the incorrect rubric, 'Hic I[n]cipiu[n]t xv P[salm]I[s] p[en]itenciales'. Latin 122v (244) 125r (249) 5.5
22 f. 125r130v: Litany of Saints; Latin 125r (249) 130v (260) 11.5
23 f. 131r-189v: Complaint of our Lady (ff. 131r-173r) and Gospel of Nicodemus (ff. 173r-189v) in Anglo-Norman prose. French 131r (261) 189v (378) 118.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 The Benedictine nunnery of St Mary, King's Mead, Derby s.xv (ex) woman clerical https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=7578&CollID=28&NStart=2710