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Details for manuscript 603

Manuscript №: 603
Location: London
Collection: British Library
Reference: Yates Thompson 13
Headnote: The Taymouth Hours
Estimated date of production: s.xiv (in)
Folia: 195
Place of production: London
Produced for
Notes: Also contains captions in Anglo-Norman; "Sandler identifies the main artist as that of Glasgow, University Library MS Hunter 231, made for Roger of Waltham (d. c. 1341), canon of St. Paul's, London. Michael 1987 identifies the main artist as that of a psalter made for Worcester diocese use, Oxford, Bodl. MS Lyell Empt. 4."; " Several images of crowned women and a crowned man queens and kings suggest a royal connection, e.g. f. 18: it has been suggested that the manuscript was commissioned for Joan, daughter of Edward II, who married David II of Scotland, or for Philippa of Hainault, queen of Edward III, or for Isabelle of France, queen of Edward II (see discussion Stanton, 'Isabella of France', 2003), or for Eleanor of Woodstock, daughter of Edward II, who married Reinald II of Guelders (see discussion in Smith, Taymouth Hours, 2012). Perhaps made in London: the calendar includes saints Ethelburga (abbess of Barking, near London) and Botulph (venerated at three London parishes). Unidentified member of the Neville family: with their arms, gules a saltire argent (ff. 3 [painted over arms of St. George], f. 151). Unidentified 16th-century Scottish owner: with his notes in Scots dialect (e.g. 'ane leife', f. 60; 'tua leife', f. 89)."; added in 15th C: f. 195v: Numbered list of events in the life of Christ
Sources for this record: http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=8148&CollID=58&NStart=13; https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126281063.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text	Title	Language	Start folio (ordinal)	End folio (ordinal)	Total pages
1	ff. 1r-6v: Calendar, use of Sarum, with saints in blue, red, mauve and gold. Besides the usual Sarum saints are included the feasts of Dominic (30 May), Botolph (17 June), Mildred (13 July), Paulinus (10 October), Ethelburga of Barking (11 October), the Translation of Wilfred (12 October), Translation of Edward the Confessor (13 October; given incorrectly as the Translation of Edward, King and Martyr), Mildred (17 October), Justis (10 November), Machutus (15 November), and the Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple (21 November).	Latin	1r (1)	6v (12)	12.0
2	ff. 7r-17v: Anglo-Norman verse prayers, some introduced by Anglo-Norman rubrics.	French	7r (13)	17v (34)	21.5
3	ff. 17v-32v: Long Hours of the Holy Spirit in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hic incipient matutine de Sancto spiritu’.	Latin	17v (34)	32v (64)	30.0
4	ff. 32v-59v: Long Hours of the Trinity in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hic incipiu[n]t Matuti[n]e de t[ri]nit[e]’.	Latin	32v (64)	59v (118)	54.5
5	ff. 60r-118r: Hours of the Virgin in Latin, including Memoriae in Lauds (ff. 81r-88v): Holy Spirit, Trinity, Holy Cross, Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, Stephen, Andrew, Lawrence, Thomas à Becket, Nicholas, Katherine, Margaret, Mary Magdalene, All Saints, Peace.	Latin	60r (119)	118r (235)	117.0
6	ff. 119v-125r: Short Office of the Cross in Latin.	Latin	119v (238)	125r (249)	12.0
7	ff. 126r-138v: Penitential Psalms in Latin.	Latin	126r (251)	138v (276)	26.0
8	ff. 139r-142r: Gradual Psalms in Latin, with the rubric ‘Hid incipiu[n]t quindeci[m] psalmi’.	Latin	139r (277)	142r (283)	7.0
9	ff. 142v-150r: Litany of Saints (imperfect) in Latin, including Apostles, martyrs, confessors and virgins.	Latin	142v (284)	150r (299)	16.0
10	ff. 150v-151r: Anglo-Norman prose tale (imperfect) about a sinful merchant visited by Christ on his deathbed, with the incipit ‘Dieu vint a cist marcheant et ly-‘.	French	150v (300)	151r (301)	1.5
11	ff. 151r-195r: Office of the Dead in Latin. At some point during the late 14th or early 15th centuries, new parchment was pasted over the bottom two-thirds of f.195r, which had been sliced away, possibly to excise a personalized inscription. The last words of the Office of the Dead were rewritten on this new parchment, along with the words ‘Memento om[n]iu[m] a[n]i[m]aru[m]’.	Latin	151r (301)	195r (389)	88.5

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