first edition No Binding
1475 · France
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France: np, 1475. 1st Edition. No Binding. Very Good. Beautifully bordered bifolium leaves from a 15th century French book of hours. Bright border on three pages with a variety of leaves, flowers and fruits. 12-14 lines of Latin text in dark brown ink on vellum. Numerous one and two line initials in burnished gold, blue and pink. Text includes Salve Regina, The Angelus, psalm 42, and psalm 129.
Size: 152 x 113 mm (each leaf), 225 mm long opened. Bright, clean and colorful leaves featuring important prayers.
Transcription
First Leaf
Recto (from psalm 42)
et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.
Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui lætificat juventutem meam.
Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus. Quare tristis es, anima mea? et quare conturbas me?
Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.
Beginning recto with two line Initial S ("Saepe") and continuing on verso: Psalm 129
Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Isræl
Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea; etenim non potuerunt mihi.
Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.
Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.
Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit.
De quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum
Second Leaf
Recto from beginning two line initial G ("Gratiam"): "The Angelus"
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.
Verso from two line initial S ("Salve"): Salve Maria
Salve regina mater misericordiae vita, dulcedo et spes nostra salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filli Hevae. Ad te suspriamus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo advocata nostra ilios tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et lesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens o pia o dulcis Virgo Maria.
Translation
Psalm 42
Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 129
Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up: Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
The Angelus
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection.
Salve Regina
Queen, mother of mercy our life, sweetness, and hope, hail. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you we sigh, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, our advocate,those merciful eyes toward us. And Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb, after our exile, show us. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. (Inventory #: 2866)
Size: 152 x 113 mm (each leaf), 225 mm long opened. Bright, clean and colorful leaves featuring important prayers.
Transcription
First Leaf
Recto (from psalm 42)
et adduxerunt in montem sanctum tuum, et in tabernacula tua.
Et introibo ad altare Dei, ad Deum qui lætificat juventutem meam.
Confitebor tibi in cithara, Deus, Deus meus. Quare tristis es, anima mea? et quare conturbas me?
Spera in Deo, quoniam adhuc confitebor illi, salutare vultus mei, et Deus meus.
Beginning recto with two line Initial S ("Saepe") and continuing on verso: Psalm 129
Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea, dicat nunc Isræl
Sæpe expugnaverunt me a juventute mea; etenim non potuerunt mihi.
Supra dorsum meum fabricaverunt peccatores; prolongaverunt iniquitatem suam.
Dominus justus concidit cervices peccatorum.
Confundantur, et convertantur retrorsum omnes qui oderunt Sion.
Fiant sicut fœnum tectorum, quod priusquam evellatur exaruit.
De quo non implevit manum suam qui metit, et sinum suum
Second Leaf
Recto from beginning two line initial G ("Gratiam"): "The Angelus"
Gratiam tuam, quaesumus, Domine, mentibus nostris infunde; ut qui, Angelo nuntiante, Christi Filii tui incarnationem cognovimus, per passionem eius et crucem, ad resurrectionis gloriam perducamur.
Verso from two line initial S ("Salve"): Salve Maria
Salve regina mater misericordiae vita, dulcedo et spes nostra salve. Ad te clamamus exsules filli Hevae. Ad te suspriamus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle. Eia ergo advocata nostra ilios tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte. Et lesum benedictum fructum ventris tui nobis post hoc exsilium ostende. O clemens o pia o dulcis Virgo Maria.
Translation
Psalm 42
Send forth thy light and thy truth: they have conducted me, and brought me unto thy holy hill, and into thy tabernacles. And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth. To thee, O God my God, I will give praise upon the harp: why art thou sad, O my soul? and why dost thou disquiet me? Hope in God, for I will still give praise to him: the salvation of my countenance, and my God.
Psalm 129
Often have they fought against me from my youth, let Israel now say. Often have they fought against me from my youth: but they could not prevail over me. The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity. The Lord who is just will cut the necks of sinners: Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Sion. Let them be as grass on the tops of houses: which withered before it be plucked up: Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom. And they that have passed by have not said: The blessing of the Lord be upon you: we have blessed you in the name of the Lord.
The Angelus
Pour forth, we beseech Thee, O Lord, Thy grace into our hearts, that we, to whom the incarnation of Christ, Thy Son, was made known by the message of an angel, may by His passion and cross be brought to the glory of His resurrection.
Salve Regina
Queen, mother of mercy our life, sweetness, and hope, hail. To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve. To you we sigh, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, our advocate,those merciful eyes toward us. And Jesus, the blessed fruit of thy womb, after our exile, show us. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary. (Inventory #: 2866)