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Contents of Leaves 21-30

Symbols (§ ‡ ¤) mark sequential leaves discovered within each manuscript. Foliation numbers, when found, are noted in [square brackets]. N/A means that we don't have an image for that leaf, or the image isn't clear enough to allow us to determine its contents, or the image does not show a foliation number.

Leaf 21: Hymnal
Contents not yet identified.

Leaf 22: Missal
Case: [xxxxiiii]
Cinci: [cxxiii]
CIA: [clxxxiii]
Clev: [xxvi]
Deni: [xxxxvii]
Kent: [cxxv]
Keny: [cxl]
Lima: [xxviii]
OSU: [xxxxi]
Oh U: [clviiii]
Roch: N/A
U-Co: N/A
U-Ma: N/A; looks like [xxvi] (but see Clev)
U-Sk: N/A
U-SC: N/A

Leaf 23: Breviary
Contents not yet identified.

Leaf 24: Book of Hours
Case: N/A
Cinci: Services for the Sunday of Epiphany: Bede’s Homily XVII on Luke 2 (recto); Augustine’s Sermon 199 (verso)
CIA: The recto contains some text from Jacobus de Voragine’s Legenda aurea, chapter 189: De conceptione beatae Mariae Virginia
Clev:
Part of the hymn “Rerum, Deus, tenax vigor” (O God, Creation’s Secret Force), attributed to St. Ambrose, followed by Psalms 118:129-144 (recto); Psalms 145-161 (verso)
Deni: From the services for Advent. Begins with a prayer to the Virgin, then into a commemoration of Saints Stephen and William, then the Relics of the Saints, then All Saints (recto); the verso continues prayers for All Saints, and includes text from Isaiah 33
Kent: Recto contains text from Isaiah 7:13-20
Keny: Includes Psalms 89:12-17 and Exodus 15:1-8 (recto) and Exodus 15:8-19 (verso)
Lima: Services for Advent: from Isaiah 8, 33, and 15 (recto), and Isaiah 15-16 and 66 (verso)
OSU: The rubricated recto contains extensive directions for the conduct of services throughout the year. The verso contains some text from Luke 1.
Oh U: This leaf seems to begin with the Hours of the Virgin Mary at Compline or Vespers for the second weekday after Epiphany; then into a Kyrie litany and preces (recto); it also contains the text of Psalms 114:1-9 and 115:1-7 (verso)
Roch: not identified.
U-Co: Possibly for use on the first Sunday in Advent. Contains Isaiah 21:1-5, part of the hymn “Rorate caeli” (Drop down, ye heavens), and Luke 1:26-27 (recto).
U-Ma: Psalms 88:48-53 and Psalms 93:1-13 (recto)
U-Sk: N/A
U-SC: Contains martyrological material on St. Stephen

Leaf 25: Psalter
Case: The Hours of the Virgin at Lauds, including text from Psalms 92 and 99 (recto) and 62 (verso)
Cinci: Prayers to the Virgin Mary, in Old French; the beginning of the 15 Joys of the Virgin is on the verso ‡
CIA: Psalms 119 and 120
Clev: The middle of the 15 Joys of the Virgin, in Old French ‡
Deni: The later part of the 15 Joys of the Virgin, in Old French (separated by one leaf from the Cleveland leaf) ‡
Kent: The Hours of the Virgin at Matins, including the beginning of the Te Deum (recto)
Keny: Contains Psalms 126:2-5 and 147:1 (recto); Psalms 147:2-7 (verso) §
Lima: Advent prayers, specifically the end of the Hours of the Virgin for
Compline and the beginning of the Hours of the Cross for Matins; the latter begins on the verso
OSU: The end of the Seven Penitential Psalms and the beginning of the Litanies (recto); the Litanies occupy all of the verso
Oh U: The Hours of the Virgin at Vespers; contains Psalms 147:7-9 and Ecclesiasticus 24:14 (recto), and the Marian hymn “Ave Maris Stella” (Hail, Star of the Ocean) (verso) §
Roch: The Hours of the Virgin at Lauds, including text from Psalms 66 and Daniel 3 (verso)
U-Co: N/A
U-Ma: Possibly the Office of the Virgin at Compline; contains Psalms 129:7-130:3 (verso)
U-Sk: N/A
U-SC: The Office of the Holy Cross at Matins

Leaf 26: Missal
Contents not yet identified.

Leaf 27: Antiphonary
Case: N/A
Cinci: [lxxvii]; [159]
CIA: [lxxxviiii]; [19-] (?)
Clev: [lxxxi]; [193]
Deni: [xxiii]; [131]
Kent: N/A
Keny: N/A
Lima: [44]
OSU: N/A
Oh U: N/A
Roch: N/A
U-Co: N/A
U-Ma: N/A
U-Sk: N/A
U-SC: [8]

Leaf 28: Book of Hours, Use of Metz
Case: The first two of the Seven Penitential Psalms (i.e., Psalms 6 and 31)
Cinci: The Hours of the Virgin at Lauds, specifically Psalms 148, 149, and 150
CIA: Psalms 145 and 146, possibly for use in the Office for the Dead
Clev: The Office for the Dead at Matins, the Third Nocturne, including passages from Psalms 39 and 41
Deni: The Hours of the Virgin at Vespers, including the entire text of the hymn “O quam glorifica luce”
Kent: The Hours of the Virgin at Terce
Keny: The Hours of the Virgin at Prime, including the hymn “Jesu Salvator Seculi” (Jesus, Savior of the World), and then most of Psalms 1 §
Lima: The Hours of the Virgin at Prime, specifically Psalms 1:6-2:6 (recto); Psalms 2:6-13 (verso) §
OSU: The Office for the Dead at Matins, the Third Nocturne; here, specifically Psalms 34 and 39
Oh U: The Office of the Dead at Lauds, including the Song of Zacharias from Luke 1
Roch: The Hours of the Virgin at Lauds, including Psalms 99 and 62 (recto)
U-Co: Psalms 142, and the beginning of a Litany (verso)
U-Ma: The Office of the Dead at Lauds, here consisting mostly of Psalms 64:12-14 followed by Psalms 62:2-3
U-Sk: N/A
U-SC: The Office for the Dead, perhaps the Vespers sequence

Leaf 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome (?)
Case: The Office for the Dead at Matins, the Third Nocturne, including Psalms 41 (recto) and Job 17 (verso) §
Cinci: The Office for the Dead at Lauds, mostly the Song of Ezechias from Isaiah 38
CIA: Psalms 145 and 146, possibly for use in the Office for the Dead
Clev: The Hours of the Virgin at Matins, including Psalms 8 and 18
Deni: The Hours of the Virgin at Vespers or Compline, including the Song of Simeon from Luke 2 (recto)
Kent: Prayers related to the Annunciation; probably the Hours of the Virgin
Keny: The Hours of the Cross, starting at Nones, through Vespers and Compline, and then (at the very bottom of the verso) on to the Hours of the Holy Spirit.
Lima: The Hours of the Virgin at Nones (into vespers at the end of the verso)
OSU: The Office for the Dead at Vespers, including parts of Psalms 114, 119, 120, 129, and 137
Oh U: The Office of the Dead at Matins, the Third Nocturne, including passages from Job 17 and 19 §
Roch: The Office for the Dead, Matins, the Third Nocturne, including passages from Job 10 §
U-Co: The Office for the Dead at Matins, the First Nocturne, including passages from Psalms 5
U-Ma: The Hours of the Virgin at Vespers, consisting mostly of Psalms 109:4-7 followed by Psalms 112:1
U-Sk: The Office for the Dead at Vespers, consisting mostly of Psalms 145 (recto)
U-SC: The Office for the Dead at Matins, the Third Nocturne; most of it is Psalms 40

Leaf 30: Book of Hours
Case: The Office for the Dead at Vespers, mostly from Psalms 145
Cinci: The Litanies to the Saints
CIA: N/A
Clev: This leaf contains text from very early in the Book of Hours, from the Gospel readings that would have followed the calendar at the front of the Book; it contains the opening of John
Deni: N/A
Kent: The Office for the Dead at Lauds, specifically Psalms 64
Keny: The Hours of the Holy Spirit at Compline, with several substitutions, and a rubrication introducing the 15 Joys of Mary
Lima: This leaf contains text from Mark and John: first, from the usual Hours reading from Mark that appears in the Gospels section; then the passion story from John 19, though condensed
OSU: The Hours of the Cross, starting at Nones and then on to Vespers §
Oh U: The Seven Requests of Our Lord (the later requests, I think--5, 6, 7), in French
Roch: The Office for the Dead, Matins, the third Nocturne
U-Co: N/A
U-Ma: The 15 Joys of the Virgin
U-Sk: The Hours of the Cross at Nones §
U-SC: The Office for the Dead at Vespers, including passages from Psalms 129 and 137

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