London. British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII

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The British Library, Polonsky Pre-1200 Project
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London. British Library
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  • British Library, Cotton MS Vitellius A XVIII
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  • Latin
Title
  • A liturgical calendar with computus tables; a Sacramentary
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  • Contents:f. 1r: An early modern table of contents.f. 2r: A prayer beginning: 'Omnipotens sempiterne Dominus', followed by an added prayer written by a contemporary hand, beginning: 'Deus qui salutis eterne Beate Marie'.f. 2v: A lunar calendar for calculating the moveable feasts.ff. 3r-8v: A liturgical calendar including obits and added verses for each month in the upper margin. f. 9r: A part of a lunar calendar for finding the date of Easter and other moveable feasts. ff. 9v-10r: Prayers: a part of the Agnus Dei and a prayer linked to the feast of St Catherine. f. 10v: Preface to the Eucharistic prayer, Sursum corda. ff. 11r-238v: A Sacramentary with a preface to the Sacramentary (ff. 11r-v); an Ordo Missae (the first leaf is missing), beginning: 'clementissime pater per Iesum Christum filium tuum' (ff. 12r-16r); a Proprium de tempore (ff. 16v-74r); a Proprium de sanctis (ff. 74v-148r); a Commune sanctorum (ff. 148v-155r); Misse votive (ff. 155v-198v); exorcisms and selection of pontifical services particularly the episcopal benedictions (ff. 198v-223v); Sermones penitentiales (ff. 223v-227r); exorcisms and benedictions (ff. 227r-238v). Decoration:Table in red with a decorated frame (ff. 2v; 9r). Large KL letters in red or blue (ff. 3r-8v). Small initials in red. Decorated and interlocked capital letters in red (ff. 10r-11v). Initials in red, blue and green, some are decorated. Rubrics in red.
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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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