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1325-1340, Contents: ff. 1r-12v: Calendar, with the feasts of the following English saints included: Edward (18 March); Augustine (26 May); Translation of Thomas of Canterbury (7 July); Wilfrid (12 October); Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln (17 November); Edmund (20 November); Thomas of Canterbury (29 December). The title 'Papa' and references to the feasts of Thomas of Canterbury (except his Translation) have been scored through with a pen; ff. 13r-259v: Psalter, Gallican version; ff. 259v-283r: Canticles and the 'Quicumque vult': Confitebor tibi Domine (f. 259v); Ego dixi in dimidio dierum meorum (f. 260v); Exsultavit cor meum in Domino (f. 262r); Cantate Domino gloriose enim magnificatus est (f. 263v); Domine audivi auditionem tuam (f. 266); Audite caeli quae loquor (f. 268v); Te Deum laudamus te Dominum confitemur (f. 273v); Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino (f. 275v); Benedictus exaltatus in secula (f. 277r); Magnificat anima mea dominum (f. 278v); Nunc dimittis (f. 279r); Quicumque vult saluus esse (f. 279v); ff. 283v-293v: Litany and prayers; ff. 293v-295v: Five collects: Deus cui proprium est (ff. 293v-294r); Omnipotens sempiterne deus quie facis mirabilia (ff. 294r); Pretende domine famulis et famulabus (ff. 294r-294v); Deus qui es sanctorum tuorum splendor (ff. 294v-295r); Deus propicius esto michi miserimo peccatori (ff. 295r-295v); ff. 296r-309v: Office of the Dead, use of Sarum, incomplete, breaking off at the 3rd versicle after the 9th lesson, with musical notation. Marginal additions (14th-15th century) give alternative cues for the responses to the 4th, 5th, 6th and 8th lessons at Matins, for example, 'Subvenite sancti dei' (f. 303r), 'Domine secundum actum meum' (f. 308r). Decoration: The Calendar (ff. 1r-12v) contains: 10 large hybrids in colours in the outer margins, 12 decorated initials with foliate partial borders in colours with gold and initials in red, blue and gold with penwork decoration. The Psalter (ff. 13r-259v) contains: One framed bas-de page miniature with full border (f. 202v). Over 400 decorated borders with bas-de page scenes in colours with gold, containing a variety of figural, foliate, monstrous, genre and religious motifs (on every page from f. 13r to f. 215r and infrequently to f. 259v). 10 large (usually 4-line) historiated initials at beginning of the major Psalms: ff. 13r (Ps. 1), 51r (Ps. 26), 75v (Ps. 38), 97v (Ps. 51), 98v (Ps. 52), 121v (Ps. 68), 149r (Ps. 80), 174r (Ps. 97), 177v (Ps. 101), 203r (Ps. 109). The remainder of the volume (ff. 259v-309v) contains: 1 historiated initial (f. 263v) with partial border in colours with gold. A full border with a bas-de page scene (f. 266r). Framed initials in colours with gold, with zoomorphic or foliate decoration, at the beginning of the remaining Psalms. Square and diamond-shaped musical notation on a stave of four red lines in the Office of the Dead (ff. 296r-309v). The subjects of the large historiated initials in the Psalter are: f. 13r: Psalm 1, David, enthroned, playing the harp; f. 51r: Psalm 26, Standing figure of Christ pointing to his eye; f. 75v: Psalm 38, David pointing to his tongue; f. 97v: Psalm 51, A nimbed figure with pincers pulling the tongue of a seated man; f. 98v: Psalm 52, A fool holding a bladder balloon or bauble; f. 121v: Psalm 68, A bearded, crowned king, standing naked in water up to his chest in a shaft sunk into the earth; f. 149r: Psalm 80, David, enthroned, playing a psaltery; f. 174r: Psalm 97, Five clerics in vestments singing from a book containing musical notation on a lectern; f. 177v: Psalm 101, Man kneeling before the Lord in the heavens; f. 203r: Psalm 109, The Lord, enthroned, with a king seated at His right hand (Christ the King or King David). The subjects of the smaller historiated initials are: f. 14v: Christ blessing; f. 15v: Bust of a young man; f. 16v: Head of the Lord, listening from above to the prayer of a kneeling bearded king; f. 18r: Bust of a king; f. 20v: Christ showing his wounds; f. 28r: Bust of a fool wearing a jester's hood with a bell on the end; f. 38v: A man knocking at the door of a gilded triple spired church, surrounded by waves or clouds; f. 40r: A king kneeling in prayer; f. 46v: Head of a bearded man; f. 53v: The beheading of John the Baptist by a blue-coloured executioner with a golden sword (the execution takes place in a building resembling the Tower of London); f. 61r: A lady playing a rote; f. 68r: Head of a lady; f. 79v: A man confronted by two beggars; f. 81r: Christ with a kneeling soul; f. 86r: The Virgin and Child, with a bird; f. 88r: Christ with David kneeling; f. 89r: David with seven men, all clapping hands; f. 90r: Two hybrid creatures (human heads with serpent tails and wings); f. 157r: David praying to a head with a halo; f. 158v: A prelate reading or singing from a book to a hybrid creature; f. 165r: Christ standing and blessing; f. 166v: Christ holding a book, with a kneeling man; f. 170v: Two trumpeters; f. 171v: Two laymen singing; f. 176v: Two birds singing; f. 180r: A soul praying to a head with halo; f. 185v: The Lord, seated with head on hand, hearing the confession of a kneeling young man; f. 205v: Three boys kneeling; f. 263v: Two clerks singing with music on a lectern. The subjects of the bas-de-page scenes include: ff. 86r-96v: Scenes from the life of Christ; f. 147v: Archers practising; f. 158r: A miller in his windmill; f. 161r, Bear-baiting; f. 161v, A ship in full sail; f. 163v: A wattle pen full of sheep; f. 164v: The city of Constantinople; ff. 169v-174v: A sequence of agricultural scenes such as ploughing (f. 170r), sowing (f. 170v), breaking up clods (f. 171v), and weeding (f. 172); f. 181r: A watermill; ff. 181v-182r: A carriage decorated with eagles and gold fabric, with ladies inside, pulled by a team of five horses; f. 193r: Women spinning; f. 196v: A boy stealing cherries from a tree; f. 202v: A knight with the Luttrell arms, mounted, armed, and attended by two women identified by their heraldic surcoats as Agnes Sutton (d. 1340) and Beatrice Le Scrope (the wife and the daughter-in-law of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell); f. 206v: Roasting meat; f. 207r: Stewing, chopping green vegetables, and pounding with a pestle and mortar; f. 207v: Carving the meat and serving the feast; f. 208r: A feasting scene at a table; f. 266r: Two deer grazing, one scratching its nose. Coats of arms are found throughout the manuscript, including ff. 59, 157, 163, 171 (Luttrell: azure, a bend between six martlets argent); f. 41 (Sutton: or a lion rampant vert); f. 161 (Scrope: azure a bend or, a label of five points argent).
 
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