Case Western Reserve University
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Title
Case Western Reserve University
Subject
Book of Hours, FOL 48
Description
Office of the Dead at Matins, Second Nocturne
Use of Châlons-sur-Marne, France | Late 15th century
...Recede ergo paululu[m] / donec veniat i[m]mutatio...
This leaf contains the readings, responsories, and versicles for the second nocturne of the Office of the Dead at Matins. It begins with the final verse of the fourth lectionary reading and concludes with the first two verses of the sixth lectionary reading. The readings are as follows:
Lectionary Reading 4 (incomplete): Job 14:6
Responsory 4: Psalm 73:19
Versicle 4: Psalm 88:48
Lectionary Reading 5: Job 14:7-12
Resonsory 5: Psalm 102:14-15
Versicle 5: Psalm 110:4
Lectionary Reading 6 (incomplete): Job 14:13-14
This particular set of lectionary readings can be used to determine the use of this leaf. In his book The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead, Knud Ottosen identifies this series of readings from Job as belonging to "Group 2C" (pg. 74), a special set of readings used in Châlons-sur-Marne, France. Ottosen also identifies the set of responsories as the fourth and fith members of "Type 25" (pp. 343-346), a series limited to the regions of Flanders and Champagne. When paired with the Group 2C readings, the text allows this leaf to be confidently identified as for the use of Châlons-sur-Marne.
The leaf is written in a Gothic script with clearly pointed minims. Curved "s" consistently appears at the end of words, and there are many biting letters. The responsories and versicles are rubricated in red. The rubrication before the fifth responsory is incorrect. There the scribe has written "V" when s/he should have written "R." There are 20 lines per page, all neatly within the red ruling. Each side of the leaf includes one square initial in gold on a red or brown background, two lines in height. The outer margin of each side of the leaf features a gold border decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, and berries in red, blue, white, and green. These elements all contribute to the dating of this leaf to the late 15th century and reaffirm its connection to northern France.
Use of Châlons-sur-Marne, France | Late 15th century
...Recede ergo paululu[m] / donec veniat i[m]mutatio...
This leaf contains the readings, responsories, and versicles for the second nocturne of the Office of the Dead at Matins. It begins with the final verse of the fourth lectionary reading and concludes with the first two verses of the sixth lectionary reading. The readings are as follows:
Lectionary Reading 4 (incomplete): Job 14:6
Responsory 4: Psalm 73:19
Versicle 4: Psalm 88:48
Lectionary Reading 5: Job 14:7-12
Resonsory 5: Psalm 102:14-15
Versicle 5: Psalm 110:4
Lectionary Reading 6 (incomplete): Job 14:13-14
This particular set of lectionary readings can be used to determine the use of this leaf. In his book The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead, Knud Ottosen identifies this series of readings from Job as belonging to "Group 2C" (pg. 74), a special set of readings used in Châlons-sur-Marne, France. Ottosen also identifies the set of responsories as the fourth and fith members of "Type 25" (pp. 343-346), a series limited to the regions of Flanders and Champagne. When paired with the Group 2C readings, the text allows this leaf to be confidently identified as for the use of Châlons-sur-Marne.
The leaf is written in a Gothic script with clearly pointed minims. Curved "s" consistently appears at the end of words, and there are many biting letters. The responsories and versicles are rubricated in red. The rubrication before the fifth responsory is incorrect. There the scribe has written "V" when s/he should have written "R." There are 20 lines per page, all neatly within the red ruling. Each side of the leaf includes one square initial in gold on a red or brown background, two lines in height. The outer margin of each side of the leaf features a gold border decorated with acanthus leaves, flowers, and berries in red, blue, white, and green. These elements all contribute to the dating of this leaf to the late 15th century and reaffirm its connection to northern France.
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Date
Late 15th century
Contributor
Hannah Ferello
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Language
Latin
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Text
Recto
Recede ergo paululu[m] ab eo ut quiescat donec optata veniat. et sicut mercennarii dies eius.
R Ne tradas d[omi]ne bestiis a[n]i[m]as confitentes tibi. Et a[n]i[m]as pauperu[m] tuor[um] ne obliuiscaris i[n] finem.
V. Memorare que sit n[ost]ra substan[n]cia d[omi]ne et quia no[n] vane constituisti o[mn]es filios homi[num]. Et a[n]i[m]as pauperu[m] tuor[um] ne obliuiscaris in finem.
Lectio quinta. Lignum habet spem. Si precisum fuerit rursum virescit et rami eius pululant. Si senuerit in terra radix eius et in puluere mortuus fuerit tru[n]cus illius ad odorem aque germinabit et faciet comam quasi cum primu[m] plantatum est. Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit et nudat[us] atque consumptus ubi queso est.Quomodo si recedant aque de...
Verso
...mari et fluuius vacue factus arescat. Sie homo cum dormierit non resurget donec atteratur celu[m] non euigilabit nec consurget de sompno suo.
V.* Rogam[us] te domine deus noster ut suscipias a[n]i[m]as fidelium defunctor[um] pro quibus† sanguinem tuu[m] fudisti. Recordare quia pulius sumus et homo sicut fenum et flos agri.
V. Misericors et miserator et uiste d[omi]ne. Recordare quia puluis sum[us] et homo sicut fenum et flos agri.
Lectio vi. Quis michi hoc tribuat ut in inferno protegas me et absco[n]das me donec pertranseat furor tuus et constituas michi temp[us] in quo recorderis mei. Putas ne mortuus homo rursum viuat. Cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito expecto donec veniat i[n]mutatio...
*This responsory is incorrectly rubricated. The scribe has written "V" where s/he should have written "R."
Recede ergo paululu[m] ab eo ut quiescat donec optata veniat. et sicut mercennarii dies eius.
R Ne tradas d[omi]ne bestiis a[n]i[m]as confitentes tibi. Et a[n]i[m]as pauperu[m] tuor[um] ne obliuiscaris i[n] finem.
V. Memorare que sit n[ost]ra substan[n]cia d[omi]ne et quia no[n] vane constituisti o[mn]es filios homi[num]. Et a[n]i[m]as pauperu[m] tuor[um] ne obliuiscaris in finem.
Lectio quinta. Lignum habet spem. Si precisum fuerit rursum virescit et rami eius pululant. Si senuerit in terra radix eius et in puluere mortuus fuerit tru[n]cus illius ad odorem aque germinabit et faciet comam quasi cum primu[m] plantatum est. Homo vero cum mortuus fuerit et nudat[us] atque consumptus ubi queso est.Quomodo si recedant aque de...
Verso
...mari et fluuius vacue factus arescat. Sie homo cum dormierit non resurget donec atteratur celu[m] non euigilabit nec consurget de sompno suo.
V.* Rogam[us] te domine deus noster ut suscipias a[n]i[m]as fidelium defunctor[um] pro quibus† sanguinem tuu[m] fudisti. Recordare quia pulius sumus et homo sicut fenum et flos agri.
V. Misericors et miserator et uiste d[omi]ne. Recordare quia puluis sum[us] et homo sicut fenum et flos agri.
Lectio vi. Quis michi hoc tribuat ut in inferno protegas me et absco[n]das me donec pertranseat furor tuus et constituas michi temp[us] in quo recorderis mei. Putas ne mortuus homo rursum viuat. Cunctis diebus quibus nunc milito expecto donec veniat i[n]mutatio...
*This responsory is incorrectly rubricated. The scribe has written "V" where s/he should have written "R."
†The phrase"a[n]i[m]as fidelium defunctor[um] pro quibus" is a textual variant. According to Ottosen, the text commonly reads "animam hujus defuncti pro quo sanguinem" (pg. 401).
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“Case Western Reserve University,” Reconstructing FOL 48, accessed May 17, 2024, https://fol48.omeka.net/items/show/1.