Ohio, Granville, Denison University

Ohio, Granville, Denison University

Book of Hours, FOL 48

Book of Hours, Office (Hours) of the Holy Spirit, at None, Vespers, Compline (Officium Sancti Spiritus). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval manuscript leaf (recto), parchment, containing text and decoration, including illuminated, foliated panels and illuminated initials. Gold illumination on decorative elements; decorative elements include acanthus leaf and flowers. The script is a Gothic textura with slightly diamond minims, 20 lines to the page with ink ruling; there are ten notable illuminated initials, including three 2-line initials. Page measures 175 x 125 mm. Text includes prayers, hymns, and antiphons for the Office indicated in a very compact, abbreviated form.

Incipit: Omnipotens sempiterne deus ...
Explicit: ... iram tuam a nobis Deus in

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Book of Hours. Roman Catholic liturgy.

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Northern France or the Netherlands, saec. XV4/4

Alden R. Ludlow

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http://ege.denison.edu/leaf_48.php

Original: Parchment folio, 175 x 125 mm.
Digital copy: One jpg file, 2.3MB.

Latin

Text with illustrations.

http://ege.denison.edu/denison_leaf_48.php

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Incipit: Omnipotens sempiterne deus ...
Explicit: ... iram tuam a nobis Deus in

Hymn for Nones starts on line 3
Vespers starts on line 10
Hymn for Vespers starts on line 11
Compline starts at line 17

Line by Line Transcription (abbreviations expanded/line break hyphens added)
Omnipotens sempiterne deus
Deus in adiutorium meum [intende...]
Spiritus paraclitus fuit ap-
pellatus donum dei caritas
fons vivicatus spiritalis unc-
tio ignis inflammatus. Septi-
formis gratia charisma vocatus
Antiphon. Veni sancte spiritus. [...] Omnipotens
sempiterne deus da nobis (illam)
Deus in adiutorium meum
Dextrae Dei digitus, virtus
spiritalis. Nos defendat
ut eruat ab omnibus malis ut
nobis non noceat daemon infer-
nalis. Sed protegat foveat nu-
triat sub alis. Antiphon. Veni sancte spiritus.
Omnipotens sempiterne deus
Converte nos deus salu-
taris noster. Et averte
iram tuam a nobis Deus in [...]

Translation
Almighty and eternal God
God help me
[The Holy] Spirit is the comforter who is called
Gift of God, Love
and the reviving spring
the spiritual unction that ignites the flame
sevenfold grace, called by many names
Antiphon. Oh come Holy Spirit... Almighty
and eternal God
God help me
The finger of God’s right hand, virtuous
spirit, us defend
set us free from all malice
Let not the infernal demon hurt us. Protect cherish
Protect and nourish, cherish
under the wings. Antiphon. Oh come Holy Spirit...
Almighty and eternal God
Convert us God our savior
And turn
anger towards us in [...]

Note
This is Leaf 48 in Denison University's Otto Ege Portfolio. See http://ege.denison.edu/denison_leaf_48.php. The Denison site has a broken link to the verso of this page, so it can not be accessed. However, there is a notation that the verso has “six lines left blank.” Thus, it would be a 14-line page, incipit “... adiutorium meum intende Domine ad adiuuandum.” We could also expect to find the characteristic Otto Ege mounting tape on the verso.

Parchment folio, 175 x 125 mm.