Partial documents

Date: [14--]

Reference: MSRF-02

Description: Leaf from 15th century Breviary, thought to have originated in Germany Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). Physical Description: Ms on vellum Finding Aids: Manion et al. No. 159 (p 137).

From: Hobson Wharf Auckland Maritime Museum Oral History Project

Reference: OHA-4532

Description: Quantity: 1 transcript(s) partial.

Date: [Ca 15th century]

By: Barratt, Alexandra Anne Talbot, 1945-

Reference: MSRF-15

Description: Bifolium from an English liturgical lectionary for the sanctorale in Latin, possibly from East Anglia, dated from the fifteenth century. Written in ink on bifolium leaf of vellum in double columns of 33 lines in Textualis Formata (Textus Rotundus) hand. Text: Folio (a) is the latter part of the life of St Chad, his feast celebrated on 2 March, taken from Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica Anglicana, Bk IV, Chapter 3; folio (b) is an account of the Translation of St Edmund, celebrated on 29 April. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single leaf, bifolium. Physical Description: Manuscript in ink on vellum, bifolium, 310 x 470 mm. Provenance: Purchased by Alexandra Barratt at Dunbar Sloane, May 2016.

Date: [13th century]

By: Barratt, Alexandra Anne Talbot, 1945-

Reference: MSRF-11

Description: Fragment from an English or French medieval manuscript written in Latin on vellum, dated from circa late thirteenth century. Written in double columns of 19 lines in a continental protogothic book hand. Text: On recto, the beginning of Pseudo-Origen, Lamentatio Sanctae Mariae Magdalenae, inc. ‘Maria stabat ad monumentum plorans. Audiuimus mariam foris stantem’, as far as ‘Quis enim mulier ista potuit `faceré nisi plorare que intollerabilem habebat dolorem & nullum inueniebat?’ On verso, unidentified text related to the canonical Hours. Part of a single leaf recovered from a binding. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single leaf. Physical Description: Manuscript in ink on single leaf of vellum, 140 x 203 mm. Provenance: Purchased by Alexandra Barratt from Phillip J. Pirages catalogue 60 (Item 402), 2011.

Date: Date unknown

By: Barratt, Alexandra Anne Talbot, 1945-

Reference: MSRF-12

Description: Fragment of a French or Flemish psalter written in Latin. Double columns, 32 lines written in a small Gothic book hand. Text: Psalms 49:7- 51:3; probably from a ferial Psalter. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single leaf. Physical Description: Manuscript in ink on a single leaf of vellum, 150 x 110 mm. Provenance: Purchased by Alexandra Barratt from Bennett & Kerr, Abington, Oxford, late 1980s.

Date: [Ca 1300]

By: Barratt, Alexandra Anne Talbot, 1945-

Reference: MSRF-13

Description: Fragment of Italian medieval manuscript bible, possibly from Bologna, written in Latin, dated circa 1300. Written in ink on bifolium leaf of vellum, in double columns of 48 lines, in a small Gothic book hand. Text: On folio 1, Ezekiel 20:21-22:4; on folio 2, Ezekiel 36:11-38:13. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single leaf, bifolium. Physical Description: Manuscript in ink on single leaf of vellum, bifolium, 235 x 172 mm. Provenance: Purchased by Alexandra Barratt from Phillip J. Pirages catalogue 57 (Item 70), in 2009.

Date: [Ca 1500s]

By: Barratt, Alexandra Anne Talbot, 1945-

Reference: MSRF-14

Description: Fragment of a manuscript Book of Hours from the Netherlands, written in Dutch, circa 1500s. Written in dark brown or black ink on a single leaf of vellum, in single column of 15 lines in a gothic textura rotunda hand. Text: The end of the hymn ‘O Ihesu mynnentlike coninc’, the versicle ‘Wijsheyt ruste’, and almost all of the Benedictus; from Lauds of the Hours of Eternal Wisdom, in the Dutch translation of Geert Grote (See Nicolaas van Wijk, ed. 'Het Getijdenboek van Geert Grote naar het Haagse Handschrift 133 E 21'. Leiden, E J Brill, 1940, pp. 99-100). Bibliography: Nicolaas van Wijk, ed. 'Het Getijdenboek van Geert Grote naar het Haagse Handschrift 133 E 21'. Leiden, E J Brill, 1940. Quantity: 1 folder(s) single leaf. Physical Description: Manuscript in ink on single leaf of vellum, 105 x 80 mm. Provenance: Purchased by Alexandra Barratt from Graphikantiquariat Koenitz, Leipzig, Germany, June 2012.

Date: [ca 1470]

By: Ross, John C (Dr), 1938-

Reference: MSRF-09

Description: The hymn for Vespers on the verso, 'Et post Christi passionem', is from 'Deus qui cunctum hominem de limo terrae creavit', the office hymn for the Sarum Hours of the Conception of the Virgin. This text is also found in the York Horae (Rouen: G. Bernard and J. Cousin, 1517, STC 16104), f.72v, and the Sarum Horae (London: Wynkyn de Worde, 1523, STC 15934), f.136v. [information supplied by Professor Alexandra Barratt].. Accompanying material - Accompanied by slip from book dealer's catalogue with bibliographical details for this fragment. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Vellum, single leaf, 152 x 104 mm. Single column, 14 lines, ruled in red, written space 82 x 48 mm, written in black and red in a gothic liturgical hand. Provenance: Executed in France c.1470, possibly for the English market. Later-added pencil foliation (69) on lower right-hand corner. Purchased by John Ross from Brewsters Rare Books in Nelson.

Date: [1200-1500]

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-07

Description: Fragments of mediaeval manuscripts, many illuminated, mainly from missals of the period Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 157..

Date: [ca 1200-1600]

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-04

Description: Fragments of medieval manuscripts, some illuminated, largely from missals of the period; also includes photocopies from `Disputatae' of Thomas Aquinas (1569) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 154..

Date: [ca 1200-1500]

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-05

Description: Fragments of mediaeval manuscripts, many illuminated, largely from missals of the period Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 155..

Date: 1100-1199

By: Ross, John C (Dr), 1938-

Reference: MSRF-01

Description: Three illuminated manuscript fragments described as Bible with commentary, Epistle to the Hebrews, with surrounding commentary from Peter Lombard's commentary on St Paul's Epistles. Probably French 12th century, 2nd half with additional comment, `Good example of compressed 12th cent T script' The fourth fragment is from another manuscript, the text is missing but the commentary is from Bede's Commentary on Ezdra Chapter 10. Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Holograph Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by Dr John Ross, Palmerston North, Mar 2004

Date: [1200-1500]

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-06

Description: Fragments of mediaeval manuscripts (encapsulated), many illuminated, mainly from missals of the period; includes photocopy of items showing original positions on card before encapsulation Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no.156..

Date: 1450-1499

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-06-2

Description: Executed in France in the 15th century. Quantity: 1. Physical Description: Vellum, fragment, 125 x 40mm Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 156, j.. border, gold ivy leaves and coloured flowers on hairline stems.

Date: [1475-1500]

Reference: MSRF-10

Description: The recto begins with the concluding portion of the antiphon at the magnificat for the Feast of the imprinting of the holy stigmata on St Francis: Crucis apparet, hostia tensis in Cruce brachiis, sex alis tecta variis cum vultus elegantia: quae Francisci cor attrahit augens ei charismata, suaque sacra Stigmata in eius carne protrahit. The verso begins with the antiphon for Vespers for the Dedication of St Michael, the Archangel: Stetit angelus iuxta aram templi habens turibulum aureum in manu sua. The text for the antiphon on the verso is from Revelation 8:3. Source of title - Supplied title Music in square chant notation, with red 4-line staves and moveable C and F clefs. Later-added pencil number 1388 on the recto on lower right-hand corner. Physical Description: Vellum, single leaf, 615 x 435 mm Contemporary vellum infill along spine edge. Provenance: Executed possibly in Tuscany, perhaps Florence, in the last quarter of the 15th century. Illuminated and rubricated

Date: 1450-1500

Reference: MSRF-08

Description: Leaf is from the Calendar of a Book of Hours, for the month of August. Executed in France in the second half of the 15th century. Physical Description: Vellum, single leaf. 168 x 128 mm. Single column, 17 lines, ruled in red, written space 95 x 57mm, written in black and red in a gothic liturgical hand. Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 160..

Date: [?1200-1599]

By: Salkeld, Brian Hope, 1926-1995

Reference: MSRF-03

Description: f.164 with Responsory for Palm Sunday: Dominus mecum est, tamquam bellator fortis: propterea persecuti sunt me, et intelligere non potuerunt: Domine, probans renes et corda, Tibi revelavi causam meam. Source of title - Supplied title Other - Music in square chant notation, with red 4-line staves and moveable C and F clefs. Accompanying material - Caption used for display in National Library Music Room prior to donation Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 leaf). Physical Description: Vellum, single leaf Provenance: Purchased by donor at a Bethunes' book auction in Wellington, ca 1987. Several other leaves were associated with this one but were in poor condition and were not purchased by donor. Donor described item as originating from the 13th century Rubricated

Date: 1400-1499

From: Rule, Percy Watts, 1889-1953 : Papers

Reference: MSRF-06-1

Description: Large illuminated initial, 'E', in foliate design in colours on burnished gold ground, laid down. Executed in Italy in the 15th century. Quantity: 1. Physical Description: Vellum, fragment, ca 80 x 78mm. Finding Aids: Manion, M.M. Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in New Zealand collections, no. 156, h..