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Alternative title

Pontificale (London)

Type of resource

mixed material

Extent

ff. 24 + cclix

Date created

[ca. 1300-1499]

Language

Latin, English, Middle (1100-1500)

Material

Vellum

Layout

double columns of 30 lines

Height (mm)

400

Width (mm)

255

Collation

1(4) (wants 1) 2(10) (1 canc.) 3(8) || 4(4) 5(8)-7(8) (+ slip after 1) 8(8) 9(8) (5 is half a leaf) 10(8)-13(8) (+ slip after 3) 14(8)-19(8) 20(6) 21(8)-29(8) (+ slip after 1) 30(8)-34(8) (6-8 removed and replaced by) 35 (six) 36(8) (+ slip after 7) 38 (five).

Writing

in a fine upright black hand

Foliation

ff. a-b + 1-41 + 41a + 42-91 + 91a + 92-215 + 215a + 216-272 + 272a + 273-286 + c-d

Provenance

Begun for Bishop Mona of St David's, the book must have been completed after 1407 when Mona died and Clifford was translated to London, and, in 1421, on Clifford's death passed to Morgan, who prefixed the first leaves. A Bishop in Henry VII's time must have added the Office for the reception of a Nuncio.

Research

Liebermann, p. xxi, calls the MS. Cn and uses it for Excommunication form (p. 434).

Additions

The decorative work is good throughout: the paintings not of high excellence. Photographic reproductions of a large number of them have been issued by the Alcuin Club under the editorship of the Rev. W. H. Frere.

Decoration

The following is a short list of the subjects represented, besides those specified above. § I.Prima tonsura. Bust of tonsured youth. Ostiarius. Two gold keys. Lector. A clasped book. Exorcist. Aspergillum. Acolyte. Candle. Subdeacon. Arm with maniple. Deacon. Hand (and arm) holding stole. Priest. Hand holding a blue cloth lined with red, ? part of chasuble, f. vii. Gregory's letter. Bust of Bishop. Fine decorative initials and a multitude of small gold initials with admirable penwork in purple.

Summary

CCCC MS 79, dating from c. 1400 and c. 1410, is the most elaborate decorated Pontifical to survive from medieval England. The text contains the church services particular to bishops, and is a specifically English version rather than the Durandus edition of the Pontifical widely used throughout Europe at this time. Its ownership can be determined from the heraldry on some of its pages, and it seems to have passed through the hands of three bishops who made additions to the text and illumination. The original patron of the book seems to have been Guy de Mohun, bishop of St Davids (1397-1407), and it then passes first to Richard Clifford, bishop of Worcester (1401-1407) and bishop of London (1407-1421) who had further illumination done, and finally to Philip Morgan, bishop of Worcester (1419-1426) and bishop of Ely (1426-1435) who added a section of text. By 1489 the Pontifical was at St Paul's Cathedral because on ff. 1v-2 are added the texts for the ceremony held there in that year of the presentation of the papal sword and cap to Henry VII by Pope Innocent VIII's nuncio. Small framed miniatures and historiated initials illustrate the various pontifical offices, and many pages have elaborate gilded borders and ornamental initials. The book was probably made in London because its artists in their ornament and figure style derive from the illuminators who made the Litlyngton Missal (Westminster Abbey MS 37) in 1383-1384.

Contents

Reception of a papal nuncio offering the cap and sword to Henry VII -- Blessing of a crosier, ring and mitre of an abbot -- Marriage service -- Penitential psalms, Benedictions for various occasions and Blessing of a hermit -- Table of contents and prayer before mass -- Conditions for validity of ordinands -- De sacramentis christianae fidei, book 2, part 3, De ecclesiasticis ordinibus (paraphrased and excerpted) -- Standards of conduct of a bishop -- Edict on the office of a bishop -- Confirmation -- First tonsure -- Vesting of a bishop for mass -- Colour of vestments for services of the year -- Psalms and prayers at vesting and divesting of a bishop -- Conditions for validity of ordinands -- Ordinations of doorkeepers -- Ordination of readers -- Ordination of exorcists -- Ordination of acolytes -- Ordination of subdeacons -- Litany for ordination of deacons -- Ordination and blessing of deacons -- Ordination of priests -- Ordinations in Lent -- Confirmation of election and examination of a bishop (Roman form) -- Consecration of a bishop (Roman form) -- Presentation of bishop elect -- Confirmation of election and examination of a bishop (English form) -- Consecration of a bishop (English form) -- Pontifical mass at consecration of a bishop -- Enthronement of a bishop -- Blessing of an abbot -- Installation of an abbot or abbess -- Blessing of an abbess -- Consecration of a virgin -- Profession of a nun -- Blessing of a widow -- Enclosing of an anchoress -- Expulsion of the penitents on Ash Wednesday -- Reconciliation of the penitents, Consecration of holy oils and mass on Maundy Thursday -- Reconciliation of an apostate -- Ordo for a synod -- Coronation service of a king -- Coronation service of a queen -- Consecration of a church -- Consecration of a cemetery -- Consecration of an altar -- Consecration of a portable altar -- Blessing of salt, water, ashes and wine, and consecration of altar slab -- Blessing of a portable altar slab -- Reconciliation of a church or cemetery -- Blessing of the crosier, mitre, gloves and shoes of a bishop -- Blessing of the seal of the bishop -- Blessing of altar cloths -- Blessing for various ornaments -- Blessing of albs -- Blessing of girdles -- Blessing of stoles -- Blessing of stoles and maniples -- Blessing of chasubles -- Blessing of albs (alternative) -- General blessing for church ornaments -- Blessing of corporals -- Blessing of patens -- Blessing of chalices -- Blessing of censers -- Blessing of bells -- Blessing of a crucifix -- Blessing of an image of the virgin Mary -- Blessing of an image of St John Evangelist -- Blessing of pyxes or ciboria -- Blessing of the offertory cloth -- Consecration of a baptistery -- Blessing of service books -- Blessing of gifts to the church -- Blessing of processional and military banners -- Blessing of reliquary caskets -- Blessing of reliquary shrines -- Profession of canons regular -- Profession of monks -- Blessing of oil for the sick -- Blessing of a new well -- Blessing of new fruit -- Blessing of bread -- Blessing of a new house -- Liturgy for Excommunication -- Absolution at confession -- Episcopal benedictions at mass -- Baptism service -- Marriage service -- Visitation and anointing of the sickBurial service -- Enthronement of an archbishop and benedictions

M.R. James Date

xiv-xv

Downloadable James Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:jh908wr5996/MS_79.pdf

Superseded Interim Catalogue Record

https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:nc973gb5204/79.pdf

Contains

• Reception of a papal nuncio offering the cap and sword to Henry VII. 1r-2r

  Note

  f. 1r is blank<br />On f. 1v, in a hand of cent. xv late, is an ordo<br />(1v) Quando recipitur Nuncius apostolicus qui portabit capellum et ensem domino Regi Anglie<br />The Pope mentioned is Innocent VIII (1484-1492). The king is Henry (VII)

• Blessing of a crosier, ring and mitre of an abbot. 2v-3v

  Note

  (2v) in a large hand of cent. xv (early)<br />(2v) Sequitur benedictio baculi pastoralis - anuli - mitre<br />(3v) blank

• Marriage service. 4r-12v

  Nasmith

  Ordo ad facienda sponsalia. 4r-12v

  Note

  (4r) still in a hand of cent. xv, later than the body of the book. Fully bordered in good English style, conventional foliage<br />(4r) Ordo ad facienda sponsalia (with musical cues)

• Penitential psalms, Benedictions for various occasions and Blessing of a hermit. 13r-20v

  Nasmith

  Psalmi plures et benedictiones. 13r-20v

  Note

  (13r) Seven Penitential Psalms. Another hand of cent. xv. Arms in initials of Philip Morgan, Bishop of Worcester 1419-1426, and of Ely 1426-1435<br />f. 16r sqq. a series of Benedictions, viz.<br />De S. Trinitate per totum annum. 2a feria, 3a, 4a, 5a, 6a per tot. annum, in commem. S. Crucis. in sabbato per tot. ann.<br />De SS. Fabiano et Sebastiano, Benedicto, ad Vincula S. Petri, Bartholomeo, Egidio, Lucia, de quocumque translato, in cathedra S. Petri<br />(18v) Ordo induendi et benedicendi heremitam<br />(18v) Init. Hermit bearded, in brown with white scapular (?), kneels to Bishop. Frere, pl. IX, fig. 28<br />(19r) Benedictio vestium<br />(19r) Small initial of the brown habit and white scapular on blue ground with white flourishing<br />Praecedentes quaterniones post codicem exaratum additas videntur, ut ex tabula contentorum proxime sequenti colligi licet<br />(20v) blank

• Table of contents and prayer before mass. 21r-24v

  Nasmith

  Oratio sacerdotis. 21r-24v

  Note

  Here begins the main part of the book, of which the contents are enumerated by Nasmith

  Rubric

  (21r) Pontificalis huius libri talis est ordo

  Note

  Table of contents with reference to folios<br />Ends with Intronizatio archiepiscopi (f. 254v)<br />Prayer

  Incipit

  (22v) Summe sacerdos et uere pontifex

  Note

  (24v) Ending

• Conditions for validity of ordinands. 25r-25v

  Nasmith

  Conditiones ordinandorum secundum sacros canones. 25r-25v

  Note

  After this begins the original foliation in red (often wanting because the corners of the leaves have been gnawed by mice)<br />(25r) Seated bishop. Fully bordered, with arms. Frere, pl. 1. The shields are: L. bottom, Eglesfield. C. Henry IV. R. Clifford

• Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA, De sacramentis christianae fidei, book 2, part 3, De ecclesiasticis ordinibus (paraphrased and excerpted). 25v-30v

  Nasmith

  Admonitio informatoria ad primam tonsuram accipientes, et ad omnes alios ordines secundum Hugonem de sancto Victore, libro de sacramentis. 25v-30v

  Author

  Hugh of Saint-Victor OSA

  Note

  PL 176, cols. 421-30

• Standards of conduct of a bishop. 30v-31r

  Nasmith

  Quae episcopus in sua ordinatione profitetur se observaturum. 30v-31r

• Edict on the office of a bishop. 31r-33v

  Nasmith

  Edictum quod dat summus pontifex episcopo cui benedicit. 31r-33v

• Confirmation. 33v-34r

  Nasmith

  Ordo ad confirmandum pueros. 33v-34r

• First tonsure. 34r-35r

  Nasmith

  Modus faciendi tonsuras primas et ordinandi clericos. 34r-35r

• Vesting of a bishop for mass. 35r-36r

  Nasmith

  Modus induendi pontificem ad solenniter celebrandum. 35r-36r

• Colour of vestments for services of the year. 36v-37v

  Nasmith

  De colore vestimentorum secundum Romanam ecclesiam quando et quoties per annum variis coloribus in ecclesia utendum est. 36v-37v

• Psalms and prayers at vesting and divesting of a bishop. 37v-40r

  Nasmith

  Quae sunt dicenda induendo et exuendo episcopum. 37v-40r

• Conditions for validity of ordinands. 40v-41v

  Nasmith

  Qualiter ordines agantur. 40v-41v

• Ordinations of doorkeepers. 41v-42v

  Nasmith

  Ordinatio ostiariorum. 41v-42v

  Note

  (41v) Miniature: Ordination of Ostiarii. Frere, fig. 2

• Ordination of readers. 42v-43r

  Nasmith

  Ordinatio lectorum. 42v-43r

  Note

  (42v) Miniature: Ordination of Lectores. Frere, fig. 3

• Ordination of exorcists. 43r-43v

  Nasmith

  Ordinatio exorcistarum. 43r-43v

  Note

  (43r) Miniature: Ordination of Exorcists. Frere, fig. 4

• Ordination of acolytes. 43v-45r

  Nasmith

  Ordinatio accolitorum. 43v-45r

  Note

  (43v) Miniature: Ordination of Acolytes. Frere, fig. 5

• Ordination of subdeacons. 45r-46r

  Nasmith

  Ordinatio subdiaconorum. 45r-46r

  Note

  (45r) Miniature: Ordination of Subdeacons. Frere, fig. 6

• Litany for ordination of deacons. 46r-50r

  Nasmith

  Litania dicenda in ordinibus et dedicationibus ecclesiarum et aliis agendis. 46r-50r

• Ordination and blessing of deacons. 46r-53v

  Nasmith

  Diaconorum ordinatio. 46r-53v

  Note

  (46r) Miniature: Ordination of Deacons. Frere, fig. 7<br />(50r) Miniature: Blessing of Deacons. Frere, fig. 8

• Ordination of priests. 53v-58v

  Nasmith

  Presbiterorum consecratio. 53v-58v

  Note

  (53v) Miniature: Ordination of Priests. Frere, fig. 9

• Ordinations in Lent. 58v-60r

  Nasmith

  De celebratione ordinum in quarta septimana quadragesimae et in vigilia paschse. 58v-60r

• Confirmation of election and examination of a bishop (Roman form). 60r-60v

  Nasmith

  Confirmatio et examinatio electorum in episcopos secundum Romanam ecclesiam. 60r-60v

• Consecration of a bishop (Roman form). 61r-66r

  Nasmith

  Consecratio pontificum secundum Romanam ecclesiam. 61r-66r

  Note

  Half of f. xxxvii cut away (in the Interrogationes of priests). The text, as Parker notes, recurs on f. xliii

• Presentation of bishop elect. 66r-67r

  Nasmith

  Decretum quod clerus et populus firmare debet de electo episcopo secundum modum Anglicanum. 66r-67r

  Note

  (66v) Miniature: Presentation of Bishop Elect. Frere, fig. 10<br />Busts of Bishop in initials (4)

• Confirmation of election and examination of a bishop (English form). 67r-68v

  Nasmith

  Examinatio et confirmatio electorum in episcopos secundum modum Anglicanum. 67r-68v

• Consecration of a bishop (English form). 69r-74v

  Nasmith

  Consecratio pontificis secundum modum Anglicanum. 69r-74v

• Pontifical mass at consecration of a bishop. 74v-76v

  Nasmith

  Missa episcopi pro seipso in die consecrationis. 74v-76v

• Enthronement of a bishop. 76v-77v

  Nasmith

  Cathedratio episcopi consecrati cum ad sedem episcopii sui venerit. 76v-77v

  Note

  (76v) Miniature: Enthronement of Bishop. Frere, fig. 11

• Blessing of an abbot. 77v-80v

  Nasmith

  Abbatis benedictio. 77v-80v

  Note

  (77v) Miniature: Blessing of an Abbot. Frere, fig. 12

• Installation of an abbot or abbess. 80v-81r

  Nasmith

  Installatio abbatis vel abbatissae. 80v-81r

  Note

  (80v) Miniature: Installation of an Abbot. Frere, fig. 13

• Blessing of an abbess. 81r-84r

  Nasmith

  Abbatissae benedictio. 81r-84r

  Note

  (81r) Miniature: Blessing of an Abbess. Frere, fig. 14

• Consecration of a virgin. 84r-92r

  Nasmith

  Virginum sanctimonialium consecratio. 84r-92r

  Note

  (84r) Miniature: Consecration of a Virgin. Frere, fig. 15<br />(91Ar) A rubric and prayer inserted on slip in Consecration of Virgins

• Profession of a nun. 92r-94v

  Nasmith

  Professio sanctimonialium non virginum. 92r-94v

  Note

  (92r) Miniature: Profession of a Nun. Frere, fig. 16

• Blessing of a widow. 94v-96r

  Nasmith

  Viduarum benedictio. 94v-96r

  Note

  (94v) Miniature: Blessing of a Widow. Frere, fig. 17

• Enclosing of an anchoress. 96r-98r

  Nasmith

  Ordo ad recludendum reclusum. 96r-98r

  Note

  (96r) Miniature: Enclosing of a Recluse. Frere, fig. 18

• Expulsion of the penitents on Ash Wednesday. 98r-102r

  Nasmith

  Ejectio penitentium feria quarta in capite jejunii. 98r-102r

  Note

  (98r) Miniature: Penitents leaving the church door 'in capite ieiunii'

• Reconciliation of the penitents, Consecration of holy oils and mass on Maundy Thursday. 102r-122r

  Nasmith

  Reconciliatio penitentium et totum post officium in coena Domini. 102r-122r

  Note

  (102r) Miniature: Reconciliation of Penitents<br />(108v) Miniature: The Crucifixion with the Virgin and St John. Title, sun and moon: bones lie at the foot of the Cross. This is a tall oblong picture, occupying the lower part of col. 2 (otherwise blank), and is worn by kissing<br />(108v) The Crucifixion, occupying lower part of a blank column on lxxxvv before the Canon, is much worn by kissing. The Canon has large decorative initials<br />(109r) A fine decorative initial to the Canon of the Mass

• Reconciliation of an apostate. 122v-123v

  Nasmith

  Ordo ad reconciliandum apostatam a judaismo heresi vel gentilitate reverse vel diu in sententia excommunicationis obstinate. 122v-123v

  Note

  (122v) Miniature: Reconciliation of an Apostate

• Ordo for a synod. 123v-126v

  Nasmith

  Ordo qualiter ab episcopo synodus agatur. 123v-126v

  Note

  (123v) Miniature: A Synod<br />Two decorative initials on 101, 102

• Coronation service of a king. 126v-147v

  Nasmith

  Ordo secundum quem rex debet coronari pariter et inungi. 126v-147v

  Note

  (126v) Miniature: Coronation of a King<br />(136r) Busts of King in initials<br />112v sqq. In initials:<br />(136v) The Sword<br />(136v) The Armillae<br />(137r) The Pallium<br />(137r) The Crown, The King crowned<br />(137v) The Ring (twice)137v-138r<br />(138v) The Sceptre<br />(138v) The Rod

• Coronation service of a queen. 147v-150v

  Nasmith

  Coronatio reginas. 147v-150v

  Note

  (147v) Miniature: Coronation of a Queen<br />(149r) Bust of Queen in initial

• Consecration of a church. 151r-179r

  Nasmith

  Ordo Romanae ecclesiae ad benedicendam ecclesiam. 151r-179r

  Note

  The alphabets for dedication of a church are in gold capitals on cxxxiiv, cxxxiiir<br />(151r) Miniature: Consecration of a Church, Frere, fig. 19<br />(151r) On this page are the arms of Guy de Mona or Mohun, Bishop of St David's 1397-1407<br />(175r) Terribilis. Two surpliced boys sing at lectern

• Consecration of a cemetery. 179r-182v

  Nasmith

  Consecratio cimeterii quum ecclesia non dedicatur. 179r-182v

  Note

  (179r) Miniature: Consecration of a Cemetery. Frere, fig. 20

• Consecration of an altar. 182v-192v

  Nasmith

  Dedicatio altaris solummodo. 182v-192v

  Note

  (182v) Miniature: Consecration of an Altar. Frere, fig. 21

• Consecration of a portable altar. 192v-193r

  Nasmith

  Ordo de consecratione tabulae portabilis more Gallicano. 192v-193r

  Note

  (192v) Miniature: Consecration of a Portable Slab. Frere, fig. 22

• Blessing of salt, water, ashes and wine, and consecration of altar slab. 193r-197r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio salis et aquae, cineris et vini. 193r-197r

• Blessing of a portable altar slab. 197r-200r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio lapidis itinerarii secundum modum Romanae ecclesiae. 197r-200r

  Note

  (197r) Miniature: Benedictio lapidis itinerarii

• Reconciliation of a church or cemetery. 200r-206r

  Nasmith

  Reconciliatio ecclesiae violates vel cimiterii. 200r-206r

  Note

  (200r) Miniature: Reconciliation of a Church (scene in the churchyard)

• Blessing of the crosier, mitre, gloves and shoes of a bishop. 206r-206v

  Nasmith

  Ordo ad benedicenda parimenta pontificalia sive baculum sive cirothecas aut quaecunque alia. 206r-206v

  Note

  (206r) Miniature: Blessing of Episcopal Ornaments. Frere, fig. 23

• Blessing of the seal of the bishop. 206v-206v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio novi sigilli episcopalis. 206v-206v

• Blessing of altar cloths. 206v-207r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio lintheaminum altaris. 206v-207r

• Blessing for various ornaments. 207r-207r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio ad quodcunque volueris. 207r-207r

• Blessing of albs. 207r-207v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio vestimentorum sacerdotalium seu levitarum vel ordinatorum. 207r-207v

• Blessing of girdles. 207v-207v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio zonae. 207v-207v

• Blessing of stoles. 207v-207v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio stolae. 207v-207v

• Blessing of stoles and maniples. 207v-208r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio stolae et manipuli. 207v-208r

• Blessing of chasubles. 208r-208r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio casulae. 208r-208r

• Blessing of albs (alternative). 208r-208v

  Nasmith

  Alia benedictio ad vestimenta sacerdotalia vel levitica. 208r-208v

• General blessing for church ornaments. 208v-208v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio generalis ad cultum ecclesiae. 208v-208v

• Blessing of corporals. 208v-209r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio corporalium. 208v-209r

  Note

  (208v) In initial: The Linteamen

• Blessing of patens. 209r-209r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio patenae consecrandae. 209r-209r

  Note

  (209r) In initial: Paten

• Blessing of chalices. 209r-209v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio calicis consecrandi. 209r-209v

  Note

  (209r) In initial: Chalice

• Blessing of censers. 209v-210r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio thuribuli. 209v-210r

  Note

  (209v) In initial: Censer

• Blessing of bells. 210r-212v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio campanae. 210r-212v

  Note

  (210r) Miniature: Blessing of Bells. Frere, fig. 24

• Blessing of a crucifix. 212v-215av

  Nasmith

  Benedictio imaginis crucifixi. 212v-215av

  Note

  (212v) Miniature: Blessing of a Crucifix<br />After clxxxxi is inserted a smaller leaf of cent. xv late with Benedictions of a ring and of a sceptre<br />The Benedictions include Alphege, Dunstan, Augustine, Edmund of Canterbury. One is cut out between Peter and Paul and Magdalene

• Blessing of an image of the virgin Mary. 216r-216v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio imaginis beatas Mariae virginis. 216r-216v

  Note

  (216r) Miniature: Blessing of an Image of the Virgin and Child

• Blessing of an image of St John Evangelist. 216v-217r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio imaginis beati Ioannis evangelistae. 216v-217r

  Note

  (216v) Miniature: Blessing of an Image of St John (apparently a Virgin Martyr holding a palm)

• Blessing of pyxes or ciboria. 217r-217r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio pyxidis sive vasculi eucharistiae. 217r-217r

• Blessing of the offertory cloth. 217r-217v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio lintheaminis offertorii. 217r-217v

• Consecration of a baptistery. 217v-218r

  Nasmith

  Consecratio baptisterii cum missa pertinente. 217v-218r

  Note

  (217v) In initial: A Font

• Blessing of service books. 218r-218v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio librorum ecclesiasticorum. 218r-218v

  Note

  (218r) In initial: A Book

• Blessing of gifts to the church. 218v-219r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio cujuscunque muneris vel donati. 218v-219r

• Blessing of processional and military banners. 219r-219v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio vexillorum processionalium vel militarium. 219r-219v

  Note

  (219r) In initial: Three Banners, one silver with red cross, another gold with red lion, the third gold with red saltire and four red dots

• Blessing of reliquary caskets. 219v-221r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio capsae reliquiarum vel corporum sanctorum. 219v-221r

  Note

  (219v) In initial: A Silver Shrine

• Blessing of reliquary shrines. 221r-222r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio feretri vel scrinii sanctorum. 221r-222r

  Note

  (221v) In initial: A Gold Shrine

• Profession of canons regular. 222r-224v

  Nasmith

  Receptio vel professio canonicorum regularium. 222r-224v

• Profession of monks. 224v-226r

  Nasmith

  Monachorum receptio et professio. 224v-226r

• Blessing of oil for the sick. 226r-227r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio generalis olei pro quacunque infirmitate. 226r-227r

• Blessing of a new well. 227v-227v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio putei novi. 227v-227v

  Note

  (227v) In inital: A well-head of stone

• Blessing of new fruit. 227v-227v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio novorum fructuum. 227v-227v

  Note

  (227v) In initial: Bean stalks growing

• Blessing of bread. 227v-227v

  Nasmith

  Benedictio panis. 227v-227v

  Note

  (227v) In initial: Loaves on a table

• Blessing of a new house. 227v-228r

  Nasmith

  Benedictio novae domus. 227v-228r

  Note

  (227v) In initial: A house of stone, the sun above

• Liturgy for Excommunication. 228r-228r

  Nasmith

  Excommunicatio sacrilegorum. 228r-228r

• Absolution at confession. 228r-228v

  Nasmith

  Absolutio in foro conscientiae id est secretae confessionis. 228r-228v

• Episcopal benedictions at mass. 229r-254v

  Nasmith

  Benedictiones solemnes episcopi in missa super populum per totum annum. 229r-254v

  Note

  (229r) Miniature: The Episcopal Blessing at Mass. Frere, fig. 25<br />The Blessings for the greater feasts have large decorative initials

• Baptism service. 254v-265r

  Nasmith

  Officium baptismi. 254v-265r

  Note

  There is a distinct change of hand at ccxxxi, but the decoration remains the same<br />(255r) Miniature: Baptism. Frere, fig. 26<br />The Litany on ccxxv (this should be ccxxxv) is Sarum

• Marriage service. 265r-269r

  Nasmith

  Officium contrahendi sponsalia. 265r-269r

• Visitation and anointing of the sick, Burial service. 269r-281v

  Nasmith

  Officium visitandi infirmos et inungendi et mortuos sepeliendi. 269r-281v

  Note

  On ccxlii the first hand resumes<br />(269r) Miniature: Communion of the Sick. Frere, fig. 27<br />(272Ar) After ccxlv is a slip (xv) with part of the office for Ordination of a Bishop<br />(272v) Miniature: Office of the dying. A dying man in bed, his soul leaving his mouth. A man and woman stand over him<br />The Litany on ccxlvi has Alban, Oswald, Edmund, (Thomas), Alphege; Augustine, Dunstan, Cuthbert, Aldelm, Swithun, Edward: Brigida, Editha, Radegundis<br />(277r) Miniature: Coffin with black pall and white cross. Two surpliced singers at lectern. Four candles

• Enthronement of an archbishop and benedictions. 281v-286r

  Nasmith

  Inthronizatio archiepiscopi. 281v-286r

  Note

  After the Intronizatio follow three Benedictions in the hand of those on f. 16r etc., viz. for SS. Peter Martyr, Francis, Dominic

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