Devotional treatises, Written in the 15th century in Holland

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MS. Marshall 109

Held at the Weston Library

Devotional treatises:

Fol. 1. The Psalter of the Virgin Mary, with prayers, etc., in Dutch: rubr. 'Hier beghint die prologus van der Souter des glorioser maghes Marien, dien die heilige vader enn abt sinte Bernardus gemaect heeft...': prol. beg. 'Heer doe op myn mont': ps. i beg. 'Salich is die gheen die dinen naem minnet'; followed by a Te Deum, Litany, and Collect of the Virgin Mary (fol. 52v)
Fol. 59v. Prayers to the Virgin Mary, anonymous except for one by st. Augustine (fol. 67) and one by st. Bernard (fol. 68v). At fol. 71v occur the 'Fifteen Oes' with the rubric 'Hier beghinnen die xv Pater noster'; at fol.78v 'dat gulden prekel der minnen'; at fol. 106v 'die ghebeden die men leest voor die sielen', with a mass for the souls of the dead
Fol. 137. St. Bernard on our Lord's Passion: rubr. 'Hier beghint sinte Barnarts beweninghe totten ghecruusten leden ons heren Ihesu Christi, enn is gheconformeer van den stoel van Romen ...', beg. 'Ghegruet sijstu mijn salicheit': followed by other prayers, one by st. Thomas Aquinas (fol. 167v)
Fol. 185.. Prayers to the Virgin Mary, rubr. 'Hier beghinnen sommighe merkelike ghebeden van onser lieuer vrouwen', with prayers by st. Bernard at fols. 210, 212, by st. Augustine at fol. 217. At fol. 229 is 'Die voer reden van die verburgen passie' followed by an Office of the Passion

Dates

274 Leaves

MS. Marshall 109

Manuscript (77).

On fol. 273v is 'Dit bouck hoort toe Sophia Maria Reyers: deyn Godt is myn troost. Anno 1614' (cf. MS. Marshall 119).

On paper, binding, stamped leather over bevelled boards, with brass and leather clasps, one lost, about A.D. 1500, with illuminated capitals

5 5/8 × 4 1/2 in.

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