Manuscript leaf from a Breviary, in Latin, produced in Northern Italy

Text: From a Breviary, in Latin

Script: Southern Textualis Formata (Rotunda)

The text is from 2-Corinthians and elsewhere.

The text is in double columns of twenty-four lines, written in two sizes of a rounded Italian gothic bookhand with rubrics in red. Line marking is in red. There are five one-line initials in burnished gold or blue with contrasting pen flourishing and six two-line initials in burnished gold on pink, green and blue grounds with white tracery.

Recto (flesh) side, column 1:

1 Lauda a(n)i(m)a mea . a(ntiphona) . Deo

2 n(ost)ro sit iocunda laudatio . p(salmu)s

3 Laudate d(omi)n(u)m . a(ntiphona) Laud(a)

4 ier(usa)l(e)m dominu(m) p(salmu)s Y(m)pmi . Ca(pitulum)

5 B Enedictus deus [2-Corinthians 1:3

6 et p(ate)r d(omi)ni n(ost)ri ih(es)u

7 (christ)i p(ate)r mi(sericordi)arum (et) d(ominu)s

8 tocius consolationis

9 qui consolatur nos i(n)

10 omni tribulation(e) n(ost)ra

11 Hoc capit(ulum) dicatur ad v(esper)as

12 tam dominicis q(uam) in fe(rial)i(bus)

13 alibus dieb(us) ab oct(av)a epi-

14 phanie usq(ue) ad quatra-

15 gesima Et ab oct(av)a pent(icost)

16 usq(ue) ad adve(n)tu(m) d(omi)ni . R(esponsorium)

17 Deus qui sedes R(esponsorium) Tibi enim

18 O Lux beata Hy(m)n(us)

19 trinitas . (et) princi-

20 palis unitas . iam sol [line filler]

21 recedit igneus infu(n)de [line filler]

22 lumen cordibus T e [line filler]

23 mane laudum carmi-

24 ne te dep(re)cemur vesp(er)i .

Recto (flesh) side, column 2:

1 te n(ost)ra supplex gl(ori)a per

2 cuncta laudet secula a(men)

3 D eo p(at)ri . V(ersus) Vesp(er)tina or(atio)

4 R(esponsorium) Et descendat Hic ve(r)su(s)

5 dicatur se(m)p(er) die sabbati

6 excepto . a (quadragesima) us(que) ad oc- [Lent

7 tavam pent(icost) . Et ad ve(n)-

8 tum usq(ue) ad octavum

9 epiph(an)ie . Ad ( ) antiph(ona) .

10 Pecca(ta) mea domine sic(ut) sagit-

11 te infixe sunt in me s( ) an( ) q( )

12 vulnera g( )nent in me sana [line filler]

13 me domine medicame(n)to pe-

14 nie( ) d(ominu)s : Collecta colla(tio)

15 V Ota quesumus

16 domine populi

17 supplicantis celesti pie-

18 tate prosequ(er)e ut (et) que

19 agenda sunt videant .

20 et ad implenda que vi

21 derint co(n)valescant . p(er)

22 Ad co(m)plitorium p(salmu)s .

23 Cum invocare(m) p(salmu)s Qui

24 habitat in p(salmu)s . Ecce n(e)c h(ymn)(us) .

Verso (hair) side, column 1:

1 ynnus (et) d(icatu)r se(m)p(er) dieb(us)

2 T E lucis  festivis

3 ante terminum

4 rerum creator possi-

5 mus ut solitur clem(en)-

6 cia sis sp( )sul ad custo-

7 diam P rocul rece- [line filler]

8 dant sompnia (et) noc-

9 tium fantasmata o(m)n(ia)

10 q(ue) n(ost)r(u)m conprime ne

11 polluantur corpora .

12 P r(est)a p(ate)r om(n)ipote(n)s p(er)

13 ih(esu)m (christu)m dominum

14 qui tecum in p(er)petuu(m)

15 (et) regnat cum s(an)c(t)o [line filler]

16 spiritu Amen . Aliu(d)

17 hynnu(s) in diebus fe(rial)i(bus)

18 alibus ynnus . (christ)e q(ui)

19 lux es . Capitulum

20 T U aut(em) in nobis

21 es domine (et) no-

22 men s(e)cu(ndu)m tuum i(n)vo-

23 catum e(st) s(upe)r nos ne de

24 relinquas nos domi-

Verso (hair) side, column 2:

1 ne deus n(oste)r . V(ersus) Custodi

2 nos domine ut pupilla

3 oculi R(esponsorium) Sub umbra ala

4 rum tuarum protege n(os)

5 kyriel(eison) . (christ)el(eison) . kyriel(eison) . P(ate)r

6 n(oste)r . Et nenos . S(um) libe(r)a

7 Credo . Carnis Vita(m) . Coll(atio) .

8 V Isita quesumus

9 domine deus h(ab)i-

10 tatione(m) istam (et) om(ne)s

11 insydias inimici ab

12 ea longe repelle . et a(n)-

13 geli tui s(an)c(t)i h(ab)itantes i(n)

14 ea qui nos in pace cu-

15 stodiant (et) b(e)n(e)di(c)tio tu(a)

16 sit sup(er) nos se(m)p(er) . v(ersus) . Ben(e)-

17 dicamus domino . B E-

18 nedi(c)tio dei p(at)ris om(n)i-

19 pote(n)tis (et) filii (et) sp(irit)us

20 s(an)c(t)i defendat (et) mane-

21 at sup(er) nos se(m)per . R(esponsorium) A-

22 men . Iste modus (con)-

23 pletorii se(m)p(er) teneatur

24 excepto aquinta f(e)r(ia) .

Notes:

A Letters: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,k,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u/v,x,y.

Capitals: A,C,D,E,H,I,L,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U/V,Y.

B Versals: B,D,O,P,T,V.

C Alternative forms of letters ‘d’(2), ‘i’(2), ‘m’(2), ‘r’(2) and ‘s’(2).

Note sideways ‘m’ in ‘terminum’ (verso 1, line 3).

D Fusion between letters ‘bb’, ‘be’, ‘de’, ‘do’, ‘Ho’, ‘oc’, ‘od’, ‘op’, ‘pe’,

‘po’ and ‘pp’.

E Ligature between letters ‘st’, e.g. in ‘celesti’ (recto 2, line 17).

F Abbreviation of ‘ierusalem’ (recto 1, line 4).

G Use of ‘xp’ in place of the Greek chi-rho (χρ) in ‘christi’ (recto 1, line 7).

H Abbreviation of ‘misericordiarum’ (recto 1, line 7).

I Abbreviation of ‘quam’ (recto 1, line 12).

J Abbreviation of ‘usque’ (recto 1, line 16).

K Abbreviation of ‘gloria’ (recto 2, line 1).

L Abbreviation of ‘amen’ (recto 2, line 2).

M Abbreviation of ‘quadragesima’ (recto 2, line 6).

N Abbreviation of ‘usque’ (recto 2, line 8).

O Abbreviation of ‘hymnus’ (recto 2, line 24).

P Abbreviation of ‘dicatur’ (verso 1, line 1).

Q Abbreviation for ‘qui’ (verso 1, line 18).

R Abbreviation of ‘secundum’ (verso 1, line 22).

S Abbreviation of ‘super’ (verso 1, line 23).

T Abbreviation of ‘christeleison’ (verso 2, line 5).

U Abbreviation of ‘Sum’ (verso 2, line 6).

V Use of uncrossed Tironian ‘et’ (e.g. recto 2, line 18).

W Use of a crossed ‘i’ as a line filler (e.g. recto 1, lines 20, 21 and 22).

X It is unclear what the apparent fusion of ‘sp’ (verso 1, line 6) means.