Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in a Gothic liturgical hand, of a Psalter, prefaced by a liturgical calendar and followed by the Office of the Dead.
Description:
Binding: modern full blue velvet., Ex libris John Ruskin. Ex libris Laurence Hilliard. Ex libris Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (J. R. Ritman Library). Purchased from Sam Fogg on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2007., Presentation inscription on front flyleaf: Laurence Hilliard with John Ruskin's love, Brantwood, 25th January 1881., Tipped in at front of manuscript: parchment leaf containing copy of a letter from Joseph Mallord William Turner to John Ruskin, Midsummer Day [June 24] 1848, in the hand of John Ruskin., and Tipped in to front of manuscript: parchment leaf containing a description of the illuminations in the hand of John Ruskin.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church, Hilliard, Laurence--Ownership, Ruskin, John--1819-1900.--Autograph, and Turner, Joseph Mallord William--1775-1851.--Association
Subject (Topic):
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Psalters
Contra mala pestem et sicia contra ignem tempestates. and Oratio contra omnes, tum maleficorum , tum daemonum incursus.
Description:
BEIN 2013 962: Two Jesuit stamps at top of prayer, "Oratio contra omnes ... ", Finally, in the center of the devotional, underneath an image with title, "Conceptu B M V," are some slightly mutilated sections of text in German (3 x 3 and 4 x 3 cm), with a piece of stiffened paper (6 x 4 cm) sewn inside for reinforcement., Five of the woodcuts can be lifted up to reveal folded texts underneath., On a French vellum manuscript sheet (21 x 25 cm) possibly from the 17th century, 11 small woodcut illustrations (each, approximately 6 x 4 cm) have been mounted, nine on the recto, two on the verso. The sheet has then been folded into ninths, making it of a size (7 x 5 cm) that can be put into a pocket., Title devised by cataloger., Underneath an image of St. Ignatius is a prayer (17 x 12 cm, unfolded), in Latin and German, with title "Contra mala pestem et sicia contra ignem tempestates.", Underneath an image of St. Anastasius is an image of and a Latin prayer to St. Agatha (4 x 9 cm, unfolded) and underneath an image of a patriarchal cross is an image of the three holy kings (Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar) and an account of them in German., and Underneath an image of St. John Nepomucene, is a prayer (19 x 14 cm, unfolded) against demons titled "Oratio contra omnes, tum maleficorum , tum daemonum incursus." The imprint at the end is of the Inquisitor of Turin: "Fr. Bartholomeus Rocca de Palermo, Inq. Taurini vidit, permittitque, et imprimatur." Printed on the verso of a page of text with title "Jesus + Maria / Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Judaeorum.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church, Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800, Jesuits, Jesuits Stamp, and Rocca, Bartholomaeus, of Palermo