A Service book connected with the city of Braga in Portugal, Stated to be written between A.D. 1438 and 1447 in Portugal

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MS. Lat. Liturg. e. 12

Held at the Weston Library

A Service book connected with the city of Braga in Portugal, containing:

Fol. 3. a calendar, containing mentions of bishops of 'Brachara': at May 4 is 'Translacio reliquiarum sancti Vincentii martiris in Brachara' in red: on Oct. 30 'Victoria Christianorum contra Sarracenos' in red
Fol. 9. A hymnary and psalter
Fol. 117v. 'Hore beate Virginis Marie', followed by the Penitential Psalms and Litany (fol. 128)
Fol. 135. 'Liber Breuiarius ... more Bracharensis ecclesie incoandus': after the Proprium de Tempore comes the Proprium Sanctorum (fol. 345, 'Festiuitates Sanctorum'), and the Commune Sanctorum (fol. 567), wanting a leaf or more at the end
At fols. 130v-133 are some calendarial notes and paschal cycle and hymns, apparently added in 1455
At fol. 344v is 'Valascus' in red, probably the name of the scribe or rubricator, and some later notes in Portuguese occur

Dates

595 Leaves

MS. Lat. Liturg. e. 12

Fol. 2 is the personal (19th cent.) card of Bazilio Cabral Teixeira de Queiroz.

Bought in April 1910 at the Azambrija sale at Lisbon (lot 2949) by The Bodleian Library.

On parchment, with illuminated border, capitals, etc.

9 1/4 × 6 3/4 in.

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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