Bréviaire à l'usage d'Arras (diocèse d'Arras, vers 1475-1500)

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Bréviaire à l'usage d'Arras (diocèse d'Arras, vers 1475-1500)

0388

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Vers 1475-1500

Diocèse d'Arras

ff. 1-6v, Calendar; the saints whose feasts are marked as “duplex” are saints Anthony (17 Jan), Agnes (21 Jan), Vincent (22 Jan), Blaise (3 Feb), Agatha (5 Feb), Vaast, bishop of Arras (6 Feb), Matthias the Apostle (24 Feb), Gregory the Great (12 Mar), Ambrosius (4 Apr), Mary of Egypt (9 Apr), Philip and James (1 May), John at the Latin Gate (6 May), Apparition of Michael the Archangel on Mount Gargano (8 May), Translation of Nicholas (9 May), Barnabas (11 Jun), Nativity of John the Baptist (24 Jun), Peter and Paul (29 Jun), Translation of Martin (4 Jul), Octave of Peter and Paul (6 Jul), Dedication of the church of Arras (Attrebatensis) (7 Jul), Mary Magdalene (22 Jul), Anne (26 Jul), Germain of Auxerre (31 Jul), Laurent (10 Aug), Louis IX of France (25 Aug), Lambert (17 Sep), Matthew the Evangelist (21 Sep), Cosmas and Damian (27 Sep), Michael the archangel (29 Sep), Jerome (30 Sep), Leodegar, bishop of Autun (2 Oct), Denis (9 Oct), Luke the Evangelist (18 Oct), Amatus, bishop and confessor is probably St. Amatus of Sens, or St. Amatus of Sion whose relics were translated to Douai (19 Oct), Simon and Jude (28 Oct), Martin (11 Nov), Catherine (25 Nov), Andrew (30 Nov), Eligius of Noyon (1 Dec), Nicholas (6 Dec), Thomas the Apostle (21 Dec), Stephen (26 Dec), John the Evangelist (27 Dec), and Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (29 Dec);

ff. 7-8v, Prayers: “Stabat mater dolorosa…,” “Interveniat pro nobis quesumus domine, ihesu christe, nunc et in hora mortis…,” “Gaude flore virginali, que honore speciali…,” “Domine ihesu christe qui gloriosissimi…,” “Ave cuius conceptio…,” “Deus qui nos conceptionis, nativitatis, annunciationis, purificationis et assumptionis beate marie virginis gaudia recolendo…,” “Salve mater (copied “marter”, sic) salvatoris vas electum vas honoris…” (copied in two columns), and “Omnipotens sempiterne deus, ihesu christe domine, esto propicius peccatis meis…” (the last for the Mass, as specified in the rubric);

ff. 9-51v, Ferial Psalter, complete with Psalms 1-150, hymns, antiphons, capitula, versicles;

ff. 51v-53, Canticles Te Deum, Benedicite omnia opera, Benedictus, Magnificat, Nunc dimittis;

ff. 53-55v, Penitential Psalms;

ff. 55v-59v, Litanies, with the litany of the confessors beginning with St. Vaast of Arras; St. Austrebertha is in the penultimate position in the litanies of the virgins; the litanies are followed by prayers;

ff. 59v-67, hymns for the Virgin at Vespers, prayers to Saints Peter and Paul (f. 60), and to St. Vaast of Arras (f. 60r-v);

ff. 60v-67v, Office of the Virgin;

ff. 67v-72, Short Office of the Dead;

ff. 72-92v, Common of Saints;

ff. 93-175, Temporale, feasts from the first Saturday in Advent until the 25th Sunday after Octave of Corpus Christi; f. 175v, blank;

ff. 176-179, Offices for the days of the week;

ff. 179v-180, Short Hours of the Cross;

ff. 180r-v, Short Hours of the Holy Spirit;

ff. 180v-185, Suffrages to the Holy Trinity, God the Father, Christ, the Holy Spirit, Salve sancte facies, the Seven Prayers of St. Gregory (rubric in French, “Les sept orisons sante gregore”), to saints Michael, John the Baptist, John the Evangelist, Peter and Paul, to all Apostles, Stephen, Laurent, Christopher, Sebastian, Denis, to several martyrs, Nicholas, Claude, Anthony, to several confessors, Mary Magdalen, Catherine, Margaret, Barbara, Apollonia, Austrebertha, abbess of Pavilly, to all virgins, to Bernard of Clairvaux, followed by the prayer “Omnipotens sempiterne Deus qui ezechie regi Jude…” (composed for a male supplicant); f. 185v, blank;

ff. 186-241v, Sanctorale, feasts from the Vigil of St. Andrew (29 Nov) to St. Maximus (27 Nov, f. 240), ending with the feast of the dedication of the church, “in dedicatione ecclesie ad vesperam” (ff. 240-241v).

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135 x 95 mm

241 fol.

Papier

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2025-10-06

Notice codicologique complète : https://www.textmanuscripts.com/medieval/breviary-use-of-arras-348163?inventorySearch=1&p=18

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Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani, « Bréviaire à l'usage d'Arras (diocèse d'Arras, vers 1475-1500) », in GUARD : Guarantee Unpreserved Archives Remain Documented, Nicolas Ruffini-Ronzani et Sébastien de Valeriola (éds.), n° 0388, 2025, URL : https://guard.ulb.be/doku.php?id=notice:manuscrit:0388.