Lectionary

Germany, 12th century, second half

Parchment

i, 152, i' leaves

280 × 195 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 1r–138r) Proper of time

Rubric: In aduentu domini ad Romanos

Incipit: Fratres Scientes quia hora est

Explicit: Quod autem uobis dico omnibus dico uigilate

Note: The Proper of time starts with the First Sunday of Advent and ends with the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

2 (ff. 138r–149v) Proper of Saints

Rubric: De sancto Panchratio et sociis eius Secundum mathevm

Incipit: In illo tempore Accesserunt ad ihesum pharisei

Explicit: relictis retibus et patre secuti sunt eum

Note: Starts with St Pancras (12 May) and ends with the Vigil of St Andrew (29 Nov.).

3 (ff. 149v–150v) Common of saints

Rubric: In uigilia unius apostoli

Incipit: Beatus homo qui inuenit sapientiam

Explicit: Aut quam dabit homo commutationem [mut.]

Note: ff. 151r–152v: blank.

Physical Description

Secundo folio

ciens fructum bonum

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Locus: LCI, f. SL1, SR1, RCI

Support: Paper

Leaf dimensions: 280 × 195 mm

Watermark 1

LCI–SL1,

Motif: Beehive TUMBA

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1–152

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 280 × 195 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil.

Collation

Formula: 1-13(8), 14(8, lacks 6-8), 15-19(8), 20(2)

Note: VisColl collation.

Catchwords: Catchwords visible on quires 6 and 7, the rest lost due to trimming.

Condition

Textblock

Parchment stiff and of uneven quality, dirty and stained in places. Several holes in the parchment, but no loss of text.

Layout

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 29

Written area: 235 × 140 mm

Note: Guidelines and ruling in lead.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

Pregothic minuscule.

Additions

Binding/Endleaves

(LCI) Top left corner: National Library book label with current signum; bottom page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘1734 års kat. Theol in fol 14’.

(f. SL1r) Upper part of page, in pencil by a modern hand: ‘Missale sec. Ord. Predicator. S. Dominici et Eccles. Poloniae, Bohemie et max. partis germaniae’.

Textblock

(ff. 1r–150v) Scattered marginal additions by a contemporary hands. Most of them only partially legible due to trimming.

(Bookmark_1) Modern bookmark in paper placed between (f. 137v) and (f. 138r).

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in brown ink, rubrics in red.

Initials:

(ff. 1r–150v): plain initials over 2-4 lines in red.

Binding

Description:

Early modern binding. Brown leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands and endbands. Spine, stamped in gold: ‘A 153’. Traces of old labels.

Binding dimensions: 295 × 210 × 70 mm

Contemporary: No

Origin and early provenance unknown. A former librarian has made a note on f. SL1r that states that the manuscript is related to the Dominican order and the church of Poland, Bohemia, or Germany. However, no evidence is cited for this.

Acquisition

The manuscript has been at the National Library since at least the 17th century. It is believed to be the manuscript listed as ‘Missale Membrana’ in Vossius's catalogue of 1651 (U 212:1, p. 53). It is also listed in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e) as ‘Theol. in fol. 14’.