Psalter; Expositio Hymnorum; an Old Occitan translation of the Gospel of St John (Chapters 13 to 17); a Benediction in verse; Alcuin, De Laude Psalmorum; the canon Si Quis Suadente from the II Lateran Council (1139)
Agent
Preferred form
Alcuin (0732?-0804)
Original form
Alcuin of York, c 735-804
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Alcuinus
Alcuinus Flaccus (0732?-0804)
Alcuin
Alcuin (0732?-0804)
Alcuinus Eboracensis
ALCUINUS
Alcuini
Alcuinus Flaccus
Alcuinus (Alcuin)
Alcuin 0732?-0804
Alcuinus, Flaccus
Alcuí, ca. 735-804
Alcuin, 735-804
Alcuino
Alcuinus, Flaccus fl.732-804
Alcuinus van York
Author: Alcuinus, Flaccus
Alcuin of York
Alcuinus, 730?-804
Flaccus Alcuinus (735-804)
Alkuin
Alcuin (v. 735-804), écolâtre de l'archevêque d'York, abbé de Saint-Martin de Tours
Contents:This 12th-century manuscript from the South of France
(Aquitaine) consists of a Psalter with litanies, hymns and an Old
Occitan version of the Gospel of St John (chapters 13 to 17). It
ends with Pseudo-Alcuin's treatise about the use of the book of
Psalms followed by a canon from the II Lateran Council and a
responsory with neumes. The manuscript is decorated by four
full-page miniatures, now damaged, and four other full-page
miniatures were added at a later period. They are attributed to an
Italian illuminator from Bologna (the Master of 1285) working
during the late 13th century. The neumes, perhaps from Northern
Italy (ff. 194v-196r), might have been added at the same time and
suggest that the manuscript might have been in Italy in the late
13th century.ff. 1r-3v: A liturgical calendar. ff. 4r-12v: Eleven
prayers preceded by pen trials, beginning: 'Domine Ihesu Christe
omnipotens Deus, qui elegisti locum istum ad serviendum tibi'; a
space left blank at the end of this prayer (f. 4v), and another
prayer (ff. 5r-6v) beginning: 'Adoro te Domine Deus omnipotens
Pater et Filius et Spiritus Sanctus'. Prayer De Sancta Cruce (About
the Holy Cross) (ff. 6v-7v); two prayers Ad Sanctam Mariam (prayers
for Saint Mary the Virgin), one is in verse (ff. 7v-10r); a prayer
for baptism, 'Exorcismus salis' (ff. 10r-11r); orationes ad
visitandum infirmorum (Prayers for the visiting of the sick) (ff.
11r) beginning with an Antiphon for Matins at the Nativity,
beginning: 'Suscepimus, Deus omnipotens, misericordiam tuam in
medio temple tui' (ff. 11r-v); a prayer beginning: 'Dominus Iesus
Christus apud te sit ut te defendat', followed by several
benedictions from the Roman rites (ff. 11v-12r); three prayers for
the absolution of the penitents (ff. 12r-v), beginning: 'In ea
auctoritate et potestate fidentes'. ff. 19r-98r: A Psalter preceded
by Pseudo-Augustine's prologue on Psalms (ff. 19r-v), beginning of
the Prologue (f. 19r): 'Laus Psalmorum. Canticum psalmorum animas
decorat'; beginning of the Psalter with Psalm 1:1 (f. 19v): 'Beatus
vir qui non habit in consilio impiorum'; followed by canticles from
the Old Testament and New Testament (ff. 90v-96r) and hymns (ff.
96r-97v); ending with the Athanasian Creed (ff. 97v-98r). ff.
99r-109v: Litanies and prayers, preceded by a table of contents
citing the saints and themes related to the litanies (ff.
99r-100r), beginning with a litany of all Saints: 'Ut misericordia
et pietatis tua nos semper custodiant. Ut ecclesiam tuam sanctam et
immaculatam regere et defendare digneris'; ending with the general
prayer ( Oratio generalis ) (f. 109v). ff. 109v-187v: Expositio
Hymnorum (Hymnal or Book of Hymns), arranged according to the
liturgical day and year, beginning: 'Primo dierum omnium'; it
includes collects from the Gospels and homilies of St Ambrose and
St Gregory. It includes 12th-century neumes from southern France
(ff. 127r-287v). ff. 187v-191v: An Old Occitan translation of the
Gospel of St John (Chapters 13 to 17), beginning: 'Incipit sermo
domini nostri Ihesu Christi quem fecit in cena sua quando pedes
lavit discipulis suis. Avan lo dia festal de la Pasca sabia lo
Salvadre que la soa ora ve que traspasse s'aquest mun au Paer',
ending: 'que la amors per cal tu me amest sia en euz e seu en euz'.
ff. 191v-192r: A Benediction in verse, beginning: 'Ineffabilis Dei
pietas'. ff. 192r-194r: Alcuin, De Laude Psalmorum , beginning:
'Qui etiam (sic) prophetie non semper eorum mentibus presto est',
ending: 'et ad medulam intimam intellectus per dei gratiam
perveneris'. Text edited from other manuscripts in Black, 'Psalm
Uses in Carolingian Prayerbooks' (2002). f. 194r: Added in a
contemporary hand, the canon Si Quis Suadente from the II Lateran
Council (1139), also called the privilegium canonis , which states
that everyone who laid violent hands upon a clerk or a monk would
be excommunicated. ff. 194v-196r: Responsory with slightly later
neumes perhaps from northern Italy, imperfect.Decoration:Four
damaged full-page miniatures in gold and colours (ff. 13v, 14v,
17r, 18r). Added four full-page miniatures of the Raising of
Lazarus, the Assumption of the Virgin, the Baptism of Christ, and
the anointing of Christ's feet by Mary Magdalene (ff. 15r, 15v,
16r, 16v), in gold and colours attributed to the Master of 1285,
according to Conti, La Miniature Bolognese (1981). Eleven
historiated initials in gold and colours, some with foliate and
knotwork motifs (ff. 19v, 30r, 36v, 43r, 50r, 58v, 66v, 74v, 77r,
81v, 90v). Numerous initials in red; some with simple penwork
decoration. Display script in red, following historiated initials.
Simple initials and rubrics in red.
