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564
Pirages
McMinnville, Oregon
Feb. '02
$55

Ferial Psalter and Breviary.
France, Autun: 1472.

Latin. 14.8x21.5 cm. Vellum. 2 columns, 31 lines
Written in dark brown ink in a gothic hand.
Ruled lightly with plummet, pin prickings visible
along outer edge. Rubricated with alternating blue + red
1 + 2 line intitals. 2 line initials conain tiny
guide letters.
- Commune plurimorum Martyrum -

Hymn: Rex gloriose martyrum.
Hymn: Sanctorum meritis inclita gaudia.

The most ancient + venerable portion of the Breviary
is the Psalter. In the Middle Ages the psalms
were usually recited throughout the week according
to several different patterns. As a result the
psalms in the Breviaries may be arranged in their
biblical = numerical order, or in their liturgical
order. When arranged in the later way they form
a ferial Psalter.
Psalm 1 - beatus vir qui non abiitin consilio impiorum....
Psalm 2 - Psaltmus David quare fremuerunt gentes
et populi meditati sunt inania ....
Psalm 4 - in finem in carminibus psalmus David
cum invocarem exaudivit me Deus institae
meae in tribulatione dilatasti mihi misserere
mei ex exaudi orationem meam....
Psalm 95 Venite, exultemus.