This manuscript is the first part of a two-volume Missal created
for the Benedictine abbey of Stavelot. The second part is Add MS
18032. Contents:ff. 1r-v: A fragment from a 13th-century
sacramentary, which includes a mass for the Finding of the Cross
with litanies and neumes. f. 2r: A liturgical responsory chant with
neumes, 'Orietur stella ex Iacob' .f. 2v: Masses for St Poppo of
Stavelot (b. 977, d. 1048) followed by masses for the Apostles and
the Secret, beginning: 'Missa Sancti Popponi. Deus qui famulum tuum
sacerdotem'. ff. 3r-5r: Prayer for St Ambrose (b. 374, d. 397),
beginning: 'Summe sacerdos vere pontifex'.ff. 5r-6v: Prayers,
beginning: 'O intemerata et in eternum benedicta'. ff. 6v-7v:
Preparation for the mass, beginning with a chant, beginning: 'Quam
dilecta, Benedixisti', followed by prayers and the mass (f. 7r),
beginning: 'Accedens ad altare dicat. Domine Deus omnipotente qui
es magnus'. ff. 8r-13v: A liturgical calendar, beginning: 'Iani
prima dies et septima fine timetur'. ff. 14r-18r: Litanies of
saints, beginning: 'Kyrie leyson prime leyson'. ff. 18r-21v: Order
of the mass ( Ordo Missae ), beginning: 'Per Omnia sancta secula
seculorum amen. Dominus vobiscum'. ff. 22r-190v: The Temporal,
including collects, introits and lections from the Gospels. Masses
for the first Sunday of Advent (ff. 22r-24r); the second Sunday of
Advent (ff. 24r-26r); the third Sunday of Advent (ff. 26r-33r); the
fourth Sunday of Advent (ff. 33r-34v); the Christmas vigil (ff.
34v-37r); for the Nativity, preceded by a preface (ff. 37r-47r);
the Epiphany (ff. 47r-49r); the octaves of Epiphany (ff. 49r-50v);
the Sundays after the octaves of Epiphany (ff. 50v-59r);
Septuagesima Sunday (ff. 59r-62r); Sexagesima Sunday (ff. 62r-65v);
Quinquagesima Sunday (ff. 66r-68r); Ash Wednesday (ff. 68r-70v);
the feast after Ash Wednesday (ff. 70v-72r); the Saturday after Ash
Wednesday (ff. 72r-75r); the first Sunday in Lent (ff. 75r-77v);
the second Sunday in Lent (ff. 77v-79r); the third Sunday in Lent
(ff. 79r-80v); the fourth Sunday in Lent (ff. 80v-82v); the fifth
Sunday in Lent (ff. 82v-84r); Ember days (ff. 84r-89r); the second
Sunday of Lent (ff. 89r-90r); feasts in the second week of Lent
(ff. 90r-100v); the third Sunday of Lent (ff. 100v-102r); feasts in
the third week of Lent (ff. 102r-114r); the fourth Sunday of Lent
(ff. 114r-115v); feasts in the fourth week of Lent (ff. 115v-127v);
the fifth Sunday of Lent (ff. 127v-129r); feasts in the fifth week
of Lent (ff. 129r-138v); Palm Sunday, including a preface, prayers
(ff. 138v-144v) and the antiphon for Palm Sunday (ff. 141v-144v),
beginning: 'Pueri Hebreorum tollentes ramos olyvarum'; the Passion
of Christ (ff. 144v-150r); feasts of Holy Week (ff. 150r-164v);
feast for the Last Supper (ff. 164v-167r); Good Friday (ff.
167r-175v) ending with an antiphon: 'Popule meus' (ff. 174r-175v);
Holy Saturday (ff. 176r-190v), including the antiphons 'Inventor
rutili dux bone luminis'; 'Exultet iam angelica turba celorum' and
'Vere dignum et iustum est' (ff. 176v-179r) and litanies (ff.
186r-v, 189r).ff. 191r-231v: The Sanctoral, including collects,
introits and lections, beginning with the feast of St Andrew the
Apostle (ff. 191r-193v), introit: 'Dominus decus mare galylee'
followed by the collect: 'Quaesemus omnipotens Deus ut beatus
Andreas apostolus tuum pro nobis imploret', ending with the mass
for the holy virgins and martyrs (ff. 230v-231v). ff. 231v-244v:
Votive masses, beginning with a mass for the martyrs: 'Propitiare
quaesumus Domini nobis famulis tuis'; ending with a mass for the
saints whose names are not known. ff. 244v-246v: Exorcisms,
beginning: 'Exorcizo te creatura salis'.ff. 247r-253v: Masses for
funerals, beginning with the introit: 'Si enim credimus' and
followed by the collect: 'Adesto quesumus domine anime (sic) famuli
tui cui in depositione sua officium commemoratione impendimus',
including antiphons (ff. 247v-248r, 248v). ff. 254r-266r:
Antiphons, preceded by an antiphon added by a 15th-century hand,
'Gaude Maria templum' (f. 254r). The original part includes: 'Natus
ante secula' (ff. 254v-255v); 'Congaudent angelorum chori gloriose
virgini' (ff. 255v-256r); 'Unus amor et una concordia' for St
Stephen (ff. 256r-v); 'Iohannes Ihesu Christo multum dilecte virgo'
for St John the Apostle (f. 256v); 'Laus tibi Christi' for the
Innocents (ff. 256v-257r); 'Festa Christi omnis Christiana' for the
Epiphany (ff. 257r-258r); 'Concentu Parili hic te Maria veneratur'
for the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ff. 258r-259r);
'Ave mundi spes Maria ave mitis' (ff. 259r-260r) for the Blessed
Virgin Mary; 'Terribilis est locus iste', an introit for the mass
for dedication of a church (f. 260r-262v), including collects and
secrets; the preface of the dedication of a church (f. 262v),
followed by the sequence 'Congaudentes exultemus vocali concordia'
(ff. 263r-v); an Antiphon for the feast of the Ascension (ff.
263v-266r), followed by the chant 'Hec est dies quem fecit dominus'
(ff. 265v-266r). Additions in a hand of the late-14th or early-15th
century:f. 2v: A mass for St Poppo of Stavelot, 'Missa Sancti
Popponi'.f. 33r: A chant 'Memento nostri domine in beneplacito
populi tui';, added in the lower margin.f. 44v: A reference to the
feast of Thomas Becket, 'De beato Thoma archiepiscopo
Cantuariensis' followed by a collect, in the lower margin;f. 149r:
A musical sequence, 'Heli heli lema zabatai (sic)';f. 203v: Notes
on the feast of St Sigebert 'De Sancto Sigeberto rege' in the
margin;ff. 2r, 254r, 263v-266r: A mass and chants, copied on blank
leaves at the beginning and end, between texts and in lower
margins, including 'Deus qui corda fidelium Sancti Spiritus' (f.
263v) and 'Sancti Spiritus domine corda nostra mundet infusio' (f.
264r).Decoration:A full-page miniature of the Crucifixion with the
Virgin Mary and St John (f. 18v). 11 large puzzle initials with
pen-flourished decoration in red and blue (ff. 18r (x2), 22r (x2),
39r (x3), 48r (x2), 189r, 205r). Puzzle initials in red and blue
with pen-flourishing. KL initials in red and blue for each month in
the calendar. Red, blue, yellow and green initials throughout, some
with pen work decoration. One small initial in yellow and green
filled with a human figure (f. 52v). Rubrics in red. Some letters
are highlighted in red. Line fillers in red and green. Red
paragraph signs in the shape of a cross. Musical notation in black
and red.
