New York, Stony Brook, State University of New York Stony Brook

New York, Stony Brook, State University of New York Stony Brook

Book of Hours, FOL 48

Book of Hours, Office for the Dead, at Lauds (Officium pro Defunctis, ad Laudes). Northern France or the Netherlands, late 15th Century. Medieval manuscript leaf, parchment, containing text and decoration, including illuminated, foliated panels and illuminated initials. Gold illumination on decorative elements; floral decorative elements include acanthus, blue flowers, and red flowers. The script is a Gothic textura with slightly diamond minims, 20 lines to the page with ink ruling; there are eight notable illuminated initials throughout the text, with two 2-line initials. Red rubrication is in bold red ink. There is a scribal error instance of dittography/metathesis at Line 8, where the scribe has added the word “magnitudinem” between the words “multitudinem” and “magnitudinis.”

Text contains a portion of Psalm 149; “Requiem,” antiphons and versicles; Psalm 150; and the opening of the Canticle of Zachariah (Luke 1:68). All scripture is in Jerome's Latin Vulgate translation.

This image is of Folio 48 from the State University of New York Stony Brook's Otto F. Ege portfolio; the university holds Set 19 in Special Collections. An image of the other side of this folio is not currently available.

Incipit: [compedib]us et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis ...
Explicit: ... quia visitavit et fecit rede[mptionem]

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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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Original: Parchment folio.
Digital copy: One jpg file (528KB).

Latin.

Text with illustrations.

http://eds.b.ebscohost.com/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=cc38d251-e0a8-48de-a248-1adef2d8d91e%40sessionmgr104&hid=127&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=STB.000104080&db=cat03000a ... Catalog record for Ege, Otto F. Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century. In Special Collections, Oversize xxx Z109 .E4

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Line-by-Line transcription (abbreviations expanded, line break hyphens added)

[Psalm 149] [conpedib]us et nobiles eorum in manicis ferreis
Ut faciant in eis iudicium con-
scriptum gloria haec est omnibus sanctis eius
[Psalm 150] Laudate Dominum in Sanctis eius
laudate eum in firmamento
virtutis eius Laudate eum in vir-
tutibus eius laudate eum secundum mul-
titudinem [magnitudinem] magni-
tudinis eius Laudate eum in
sono tubae laudate eum in psalterio
et cithara Laudate eum in tym-
pano et choro laudate eum in chordis
et organo Laudate eum in cym-
balis bene sonantibus laudate eum in
cymbalis iubilationis omnis spiritus
laudet dominum Requiem Antiphon omnis
spiritus laudet dominum Versicle A porta inferi
Erue Domine animas eorum Antiphon Credo. Canticum.
[Canticle, Song of Zachariah, Luke 1:68] Benedictus dominus deus Israel
quia visitavit, et fecit rede[mptionem] [...]

Translation, from the Revised Standard Version, Second Catholic Edition

[Psalm 149]
[8] [... to bind] their nobles with fetters of iron,
[9] to execute on them the judgment written!
This is glory for all his faithful ones.

[Psalm 150]
[1] Praise God in his sanctuary;
praise him in his mighty firmament!
[2] Praise him for his mighty deeds;
praise him according to his exceeding greatness!
[3] Praise him with trumpet sound;
praise him with lute and harp!
[4] Praise him with timbrel and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe!
[5] Praise him with sounding cymbals;
praise him with loud clashing cymbals!
[6] Let everything that breathes praise the Lord!

Requiem (rest eternal)...
Antiphon: omnis spiritus laudet dominum (Praise the Lord with every breath)
Versicle: A porta inferi Erue Domine animas eorum (Deliver their souls, Lord, from the gate of Hell)
Antiphon: Credo... (I believe...) [Apostle’s Creed]
Canticum (Canticle/Song)

[Luke 1:68]
[68] “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed [his people ...]

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