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A Medieval English Poem on the Passion

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2024

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There was recently discovered in the library of Llanarth Court, Raglan, a Book of Hours of the early fifteenth century which is of more than usual interest. The chief contents of the book are those customary in a Book of Hours of the Sarum Use, namely, the Little Office of Our Lady, the Penitential Psalms, the Office of the Dead, a collection of prayers to our Lord, and one to a Guardian Angel. A considerable number of leaves is missing from the MS., which in its present state begins at once with Lauds and lacks part of Prime and the whole of Terce and Sext. There are no miniatures, but there are a number of elaborately decorated initials, with floriated designs in gold, blue and red, some of which have been damaged by a later binder's trimming of the upper margins. Twenty leaves have been heavily annotated in the lower margins by a sixteenth century Protestant owner of the book. Presumably the same owner was responsible for the erasure of the commemoration of St Thomas of Canterbury at Lauds, in conformity with Henry VIII's suppression of liturgical honour to that saint.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1946 Provincial Council of the English Province of the Order of Preachers

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1 Pains of Hell.

2 Melancholy mood.

3 Fair.

4 I make my complaint.

5 Dwell.

6 Gladness.

7 Pity.

8 With a sad countenance.

9 Uttered.