Missal

Passau, 15th century, first half

parchment

222 leaves

260–270 × 210–220 mm

Latin

1 (ff. 2r–7v) Calendar

Note:

Notable feasts:

f. 2r: St Valentine (7 Jan.);

f. 3r: St Cunigunde (3 Mar.);

f. 3r: St Rupert (27 Mar.);

f. 4r: St Sigismund (2 May);

f. 4r: translation of St Stephen (7 May);

f. 5r: translation of St Nicholas (9 July);

f. 5r: St Henry (13 July);

f. 5v: translation of St Valentine (4 Aug.);

f. 5v: translation of St Hedwig (25 Aug.);

f. 6r: translation of St Cunigunde (9 Sep.);

f. 6r: translation of St Rupert (24 Sep.);

f. 6r: translation of St Virgil (26 Sep.);

f. 6v: St Maximilian (12 Oct.);

f. 6v: St Coloman (13 Oct.);

f. 7r: St Virgil (27 Nov.).

2 (ff. 8r–106v) Proper of time

Incipit: [mut.] IN illo tempore Venit iohannes baptista (Matt. 3:1)

Explicit: temporalis precepcio prefigurat Qui cum deo patre

Note:

At least one leaf is missing before f. 8r, resulting in loss of text; as it is, the proper of time begins in the middle of the First Sunday of Advent. The first part of the proper ends with the mass of Corpus Christi.

One quire is missing after f. 91, which ends in the middle of the Gospel reading for Good Friday; f. 92r begins with the end of the mass of Tuesday of Easter week.

One quire is missing after f. 99, which ends with the reading for Friday of the third week of Eastertide; f. 100r begins in the middle of the mass of Pentecost.

Cross-references in Roman numerals to the pages for complete mass items are employed throughout the manuscript.

3 (ff. 106v–107v) Ordo misse

Rubric: Cantus angelicus

Incipit: Gloria in excelsis deo

Explicit: nostre carnis uisibiliter corporalis apparuit [mut.]

Note: Seven or eight leaves are missing after  f. 107v resulting in the loss of the majority of the Ordo, including the Canon.

4 (ff. 108r–108v) Blessing of water and salt

Rubric: Benediccio salis et aque dominicis diebus

Incipit: ⟨E⟩xorcizo te creatura salis per deum unum \viuum per deum/

Explicit: Confitemini domino quoniam bonus quoniam in seculum misericordia eius Gloria patri et omnes

5 (ff. 109r–144r) Proper of time (continued)

Rubric: Dominica prima post octauas penthecosten

Incipit: ⟨D⟩omine in tua misericordia speraui (Ps. 12:6)

Explicit: Quod autem vobis dico omnibus dico vigilate (Mark 13:17)

Note: The Proper of time continues with the first Sunday after the octave of Pentecost and ends with the Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity.

6 (ff. 144r–185r) Proper of saints

Rubric: Incipit de sanctis per circulum anni Et primo in vigilia sancti andree

Incipit: DOminus secus mare galilee vidit duos fratres (Matt. 4:18)

Explicit: pro cuius solemnitate precepimus tua sancta letantes Per

Note:

The proper of saints begins with the vigil of St Andrew (29 Nov.) and ends with the feast of St Katharine (25 Nov.).

Notable feasts:

f. 153v: St Cunigunde (3 Mar.);

f. 154v: St Rupert (27 Mar.);

f. 158v: St Helena (22 May);

f. 169v: translation of St Cunigunde (9 Sep.);

f. 172r: translation of St Rupert (24 Sep.);

f. 172r: St Emmeram (22 Sep.);

f. 172v: St Wenceslaus (28 Sep.);

f. 175r: St Maximilian (12 Oct.);

f. 175v: St Hedwig (15 Oct.);

f. 178v: St Wolfgang (31 Oct.).

Several leaves are missing; one between f. 161 and f. 162, 13 between f. 163 and f. 164, and one between f. 178 and f. 179.

7 (ff. 185r–201v) Common of saints

Rubric: De euangelistis officium

Incipit: Os iusti meditabitur (Ps. 36:30)

Explicit: contra omnes nequicias armis celestibus muniamur Per

Note:

f. 185r: Common of evangelists;

f. 185v: Common of martyrs and priests;

f. 193v: Common of confessors;

f. 198r: Common of virgins.

8 (ff. 201v–202v) Dedication of the church

Rubric: In dedicacione templi

Incipit: ⟨T⟩Erribilis est locus iste

Explicit: ad celestia promissa te ducente peruenire mereatur Per

9 (ff. 202v–203r) Dedication of an altar

Rubric: In dedicacione altaris officium

Incipit: Omnipotens sempiterne deus hoc altari nomini tuo dedicatum

Explicit: cunctis petentibus aures tue pietatis accomodes

10 (ff. 203v–216v) Votive masses

Rubric: Feria secunda de sapientia

Incipit: Lex domini irreprehensibilis

Explicit: nos ab erroribus vniuersis potenter absoluat Per nostrum

Note:

ff. 203v–205r: De sapientia; de Sancto Spirito; de angelis; de caritate; de sancta cruce;

ff. 205r–208v: Masses of the Virgin Mary;

ff. 208v–213r: Masses for the dead;

ff. 213r–216v: Pro peccatis; pro pace; contra hereticos et paganos; pro iter agentibus; pro infirmis; pro pluvia; pro serenitate; pro pestilentia.

11 (ff. 216v–220v) Proper prayers for votive masses

Rubric: Incipiunt oraciones communes pro omni gradu ecclesie

Incipit: Exaudi quesumus domine pro omni gradu ecclesie supplicum preces

Explicit: ab omnibus emundemur temptacionibus Per

Note:

Collection of proper prayers for various votive masses.

One leaf missing between f. 219 and f. 219.

f. 221 blank.

Physical Description

Support

Binding/Endleaves

Leaf dimensions: 260 × 210 mm

Locus: LCI, RCI

Support: Paper

Watermark 1

LCI, RCI,

Motif: Unidentified watermark.

Textblock

Locus: ff. 1r–220v

Support: Parchment

Leaf dimensions: 270 × 220 mm

Foliation

Modern foliation in pencil, 1-162, 162a-221.

ff. 9r–220r: medieval foliation; Roman numerals in red ink at the top of each recto: ii-xi, xiiii-xvi, xix-lxxxviii, lxxxxvii-ciiii, cxiiii-cxxi, cxxx-clxxi, clxxiii-clxxxiii, clxxxv-clxxxvii, cci-ccxv, ccxvii-ccxx, ccxxii-cclix.

Collation

Formula: 1(1+8, lacks 7-8), 2(8, lacks 1), 3(8, lacks 4), 4(8, lacks 1-2), 5-13(8), 14(8, lacks 1), 15(8+1, lacks 2-8), 16-20(8), 21(8, lacks 3), 22(8, lacks 7), 23(8, lacks 3-8), 24(8, lacks 1-7), 25(8), 26(8, lacks 7-8), 27-31(8), 32(2+1)

Note: VisColl collation Note: Collation of quire 15 tentative.

Catchwords: Catchwords on quires 3, 5, 17-20, 22, 24-25, and 27.

Condition

Textblock

Several leaves - presumably containing initials - have been cut out. One full quire is missing between ff. 91–92 and one between ff. 99–100. According to catalogue notes dating to the 19th century, the manuscript contained 259 leaves; however, the first leaf of the Proper of time, seemingly having contained a full-page foliate initial, had already been cut out by that time. Some stains and tears.

Layout

Columns: 1

Ruled lines: 31

Written area: 190 × 145 mm

Note: Guidelines and ruling in ink.

Script

Textblock

Hand 1

(ff. 2r–107v, 109r–220v)Gothic textualis.

Hand 2

(ff. 108r–108v)Gothic cursive.

Additions

Textblock

(f. 1v) Top of page in black ink by a medieval hand: ‘Das puech ist mein Symon pötl hab ich kawfft Von hern Walthisar Monsperger kaplan auf des heyligen krewtz Altar am Sambstag vor Mathei Anno domini etc Lxxx^o ’ (1480-02-24).

(ff. 19v, 42v, 45r, 79r–79r) Minor marginal corrections in a contemporary hand.

(ff. 147v–182r) Marginal annotations in pencil in a modern hand noting the dates of the feasts.

(ff. 211r–211v) Marginal correction / addition in a medieval hand of omitted ending and beginning of two prayers seemlingly due to homoeoteleuton.

Decorations

Textblock

Description:

Main text in black ink; rubrics in red; capitals touched in red.

Initials:

All but one of the decorated initials have been cut out of the manuscript; on (f. 144r) is found the only remaining one, a foliate initial ‘D’ over 11 lines decorated in a purple floral pattern highlighted with white and surrounded by a blue frame, the counter space in green with a lozenge pattern in blue. (ff. 8v–220v): plain initials over 1-4 lines alternating in red and blue, some with penwork, e.g. (f. 191r). (f. 211r): plain initial (O) over 3 lines in blue with flourishing in red.

Bookmarks:

(f. 33), (f. 73), (f. 105), (f. 109), (f. 168), (f. 185), (f. 188), (f. 193), (f. 201), (f. 205), (f. 208): bookmark of brown leather fastened to leaf.

Binding

Description:

Medieval binding. Blue leather over wooden boards. 4 double raised bands and endbands. LCO: 2 hooked clasp metal catchplates engraved with a flower and finishing in a butterfly shape; LCOand RCO: bronze edge strips engraved with a stripe pattern at the edges, corner and centre bosses embossed with a dome, star and vegetative pattern; corner bosses with the text ‘su--- mili---’. Spine, in ink on a paper label: ‘Missale Romanum N^o 17’; stamped in gold: ‘A 176’; in ink on a paper label glued on top of another paper label: ‘e. 30. 6. 10.’; in ink on the remnants of a paper label: ‘18’.

Binding dimensions: 280 × 250 × 95/95 mm

Tooling:

Blind tooled pattern of single- and double-lined lozenges, on RCO with additional geometric shapes and flowers inside lozenges and at some intersecting lines.

Condition: Leather heavily worn. Endbands visible. Clasps and straps missing. LCO: lower right corner boss missing; RCO: upper left and lower right corner boss missing.

Contemporary: Yes

History

Origin

15th century, first half. The listing in the calendar of ‘dedicatio ecclesie pataviensis’ on August 5, as well as the celebration as festa fori of St Valentine (Jan. 7), his translation (Aug. 6), and of St Maximilian (Oct. 12), places the manuscript in the diocese of Passau. The feast of the Visitation, instituted 1389, is present in the calendar, but the feast of the Transfiguration, instituted in 1457 (and celebrated in Passau on August 26), is not. In 1480, the book entered into the possession of its, at least, second owner (see note on f. 1v).

Provenance

On f. 1v, a former owner identifies himself as Symon Poth, stating that the manuscript was sold to him by Walthisar Honsperger, chaplain of the Altar of the Holy Cross, on February 24, 1480.

The manuscript came to the Royal Library before the fire of 1697; it was most likely brought to Sweden in the 17th century as spoils of war from the Thirty Years' War.

It is listed as ‘233 ’ in Jaches's catalogue of 1698 (U 122; former signum ‘238’), as ‘17’ in the catalogue of 1734 (U 125e), and as ‘e.30.6.10’ in Hammarsköld's catalogue from the 19th century. The signum ‘18 ’ found on the spine has not been identified.