Walters Ms. W.83, Breviary Calendar Psalm 94 Ferial Psalter Litany, Petitions, and Prayers Office of the Dead Hymns Temporale Sanctorale Common of Saints Additions Breviary Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Izer, Emily Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This small breviary, composed of more than 500 folios, is extraordinary for its length, considering it is the summer portion of a two-volume breviary for the use of Liège. The manuscript was completed for ecclesiastical use at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St.-Lambert in Liège ca. 1420. This attribution is suggested, for instance, by the petitions to the congregation of this cathedral (fols. 114v-117v), as well as the armorial shield of the family of Surlet de Chokier of Liège represented at the opening of the Psalms. The manuscript has modest, but interesting, decoration with historiated and decorated initials marking the liturgical texts, and occasional angels playing instruments in the margins. The most notable pictorial effect is found in the initials inhabited by transparent figures on rich blue ground. The technique is found, for instance, on fol. 156r with the gold monstrance held by translucent angels for the feast of the Corpus Christi. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.83 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 537v Breviary 1r - 6v Calendar Iani prima dies et septima fine timetur. Calendar for ecclesiastical use at the Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St.-Lambert in Liège; near-full; two or more feasts often written on same date; Major feasts in red, others in brown; notable saints include Macarius (abbot, Jan. 14), Macarius (martyr, Jan. 23), Hadelin (Feb. 3), Adalbert (Apr. 23), Floribert (Apr. 25), Lambert (Apr. 28, translation), Walburga (May 1), Domitianus (May 7), Servatius (May 13), Gallicanus (June 25), Monegund (July 2), Ulric (July 4), Goar (July 6), Monulf and Gondulf (July 16), Fredegand (July 17), Glodesindis (July 25), Afra (Aug. 5), Aegydius (Sept. 1), Remacle (Sept. 3), Amalberta (Sept. 7), Theodard (Sept. 10), Remigius (Oct. 1), Amor (Oct. 8), Lambert (Oct. 13, triumph at the Steppes in 1213), Monon (Oct. 18), Oda (Oct. 23), Rumold (Oct. 27), Quintinus and Foillan (Oct. 31), Perpetuus (Nov. 4), Bertuin (Nov. 11), Cunibert (Nov. 12), Severus (Nov. 18, translation), Gelasius I (Nov. 19), Trudo (Nov. 24), Peter of Alexandria (Nov. 25) 7r - 7r Psalm 94 Venite exultemus Domino Contemporary addition 7v - 113r Ferial Psalter Beatus vir Ten-partite Ferial Psalter: fols: 7v-113r: Psalms, with antiphons and hymns interspersed; fols. 111v-113r: Canticles 113r - 122r Litany, Petitions, and Prayers Letania Kyrieleyson Fols. 113r-114v: Litany for use of Cathedral of Notre-Dame and St.-Lambert, Liège; fols. 114v-117v: Petitions specify pope, clerics, and congregation of Notre-Dame and St.-Lambert; fols. 117v-118v: Collects; fols. 118v-119r: Prayer "Prece minores"; fols. 119r-122r: Psalms 122r - 128v Office of the Dead Incipiunt vigilie pro defunctis. Antiphona Placebo domino Fols. 122-126v: Office of the Dead for use of Liège, nine lessons; fol. 126v: Antiphons, Psalms, Versicles in Lauds; fols.126v-128r: Collects; fol. 128v: Prayers added early 130r - 139v Hymns In sancto festo Penthecostes. Ymnus. Veni creator Fols. 130r-138r: hymns; fol. 138v: contemporary addition: antiphons, collects, and versicles 140v - 280v Temporale In vigilia Penthecostes. Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia, alleluia Fols. 140v-141r: Pentecost vigil; fols. 141r-151r: Pentecost; fols. 151r-156r: Pentecost octave; fols. 156r-280r: Antiphon for Vespers of Corpus Christi through the xxiv week after Pentecost octave 281r - 497r Sanctorale Urbani episcopi et martiris. Si extra tempus paschale eveniat Sanctorale, 25 May-29 November; fol. 285v: John the Baptist; fol. 292r: Peter and Paul; fol. 302r: Visitation; fol. 346v: Assumption of the Virgin; fol. 379r: Nativity of the Virgin; fol. 396v: Lambert; fols. 493r-497r: dedication of a church 497r - 530v Common of Saints Incipit commune sanctorum. In cuius inicio generaliter est notandum 530v - 537r Additions De sancto Dyonisio ad vesperas. Antiphona. O beate Dyonisi Texts added by the early sixteenth century; fols. 530v-532r: Office of St. Dionysius; fols. 532v-533r: Collects to SS. Christina and Pantaleon; fol. 537r: Collects to SS. Christina and Martha

Thin to medium-weight, standard preparation; notably grimed from use; gilded and stamped edges

 Foliation: iii+537+iii17.3 11.4 10.7 7.1 Front flyleaves consist of a bifoliate, antique laid paper, with a crowned eagle watermark at the spine-edge, and a parchment flyleaf; three paper flyleaves at the end; foliation in modern pencil top right corners; number skipped after 429

Quire 1: 6 (fols. 1-6); Quires 2-8: 8 (fols. 7-62); Quire 9: 8, with the eighth folio cancelled (fols. 63-69); Quires 10-16: 8 (fols. 70-125); Quire 17: 4 (fols. 126-129); Quire 18: 10 (fols. 130-139); Quires 19-67: 8 (fols. 140-530); Quire 68: 4 (fols. 531-534); Quire 69: 2, with the first folio tipped in (fols. 535-537) None None

Ruled in purple ink through fol. 251v, in dark brown ink thereafter; layout does not apply to calendar: 5 columns, 33 lines, ruled in purple ink Littera batarda; additions in same script, except fols. 128v, 532v-533r, and 537r, written by several hands in cursive or irregular textura "KL" with fillets painted in blue on rectos, red on versos Historiated initials fols. 7v, 21v, 31v, 39v, 41r, 50r, 62r, 73r, 74r, and 85v Historiated initial fol. 122r; in the bottom margin of the same page is a horizontal band with pictures of hell Historiated initials fols. 140v and 156r Historiated initials fols. 285v, 292r, 302r, 346v, 379r, and 396v Nineteen historiated initials; the initial for the first Psalm is nearly full-page, while the others are 6 to 9 lines high and mark major divisions of the text; decorated initials with abstract and foliate ornament throughout (3 to 8 lines); red or blue flourished initials at secondary text divisions throughout the book; rubrics in red; text in black ink Initial "B" with David playing the harp, and heraldic shield Psalm 1 Historiated initial "B," 24 lines

Inscription around the frame reads, "[B]eatus vir qui no[n] abiit"

 Initial "D" with God blessing laic Psalm 26 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "D" with hunter Psalm 38 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "D" with massacre of an innocent Psalm 51 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "D" with the fool Psalm 52 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "S" with Christ, and Jonah escaping the whale Psalm 52 Historiated initial "S," 8 lines Initial "E" with David playing bells Psalm 80 Historiated initial "E," 8 lines Initial "C" with elevation of the Host, and man kneeling Psalm 97 Historiated initial "C," 8 lines Initial "D" with Godhead above David in prayer before an altar Psalm 101 Historiated initial "D," 9 lines Initial "D" with God enthroned and blessing Psalm 109 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "P" with the bosom of Abraham, and small miniature of hell Office of the Dead: Vigil Historiated initial "P," 5 lines, and small miniature, 9 lines Initial "L" with Holy Spirit as dove Temporale: Pentecost vigil Historiated initial "L," 8 lines Initial "S" with angels holding gold monstrance Temporale: Corpus Christi Historiated initial "S," 8 lines Initial "E" with John the Baptist holding the Lamb Sanctorale: John the Baptist Historiated initial "E," 8 lines Initial "P" with Peter and Paul Sanctorale: SS. Peter and Paul Historiated initial "P," 8 lines Initial "E" with the Visitation Sanctorale: Visitation Historiated initial "E," 8 lines Initial "O" with the Assumption of the Virgin Sanctorale: Assumption of the Virgin Historiated initial "O," 8 lines Initial "O" with the Virgin of Humility Sanctorale: Nativity of the Virgin Historiated initial "O," 8 lines Initial "E" with St. Lambert Sanctorale: St. Lambert Historiated initial "E," 8 lines

Seventeenth-century Flemish stiff-board vellum; sides bent to form 8-mm flap at fore-edge; re-backed; re-sewn on four double cords; gilt fillet frame, corner fleurons, centered oval formed of gilt laurel; gilt armorial shield inside oval surmounted by crest with horned man, flanked by monogram "R C;" modern endbands; brown leather fore-edge tabs

 Ca. 1420 CE Liège Probably made in Liège for laymen, ca. 1420; completed for ecclesiastical use of Notre-Dame and St.-Lambert in Liège; armorial shield worn by black-haired, bearded man with horns in Beatus initial on fol. 7v; layman portrayed on fol. 21v; shields in the borders of fols. 39v, 85v, 396v, and 459v are erased or altered by overpainting Rebound in the seventeenth century for a member of the Surlet de Chokier family of Liège (armorial shield and monogram on binding) Owned by Albertus of Liedekerke, 1725 (ex libris, his collection number "1543" on first front flyleaf recto) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased between 1895 and 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 778, cat. no. 135 Bowles, Edmund A. "A Checklist of Musical Instruments in Fifteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscripts at the Walters Art Gallery." Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association 32 (1976): 719-726; p. 723. Oliver, J.H. Gothic Manuscript Illumination in the Diocese of Liège (c. 1250-1350). Corpus of Illuminated Manuscripts from the Low Countries, 3. Vol. 1. Leuven: Peeters, 1988; p. 83, 97 (n. 23), 202. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 3, Belgium, 1250-1530. Baltimore, London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1997; pp. 97-104, cat. no. 228 Dückers, Rob, and Roelofs Pieter. The Limbourg Brothers: Nijmegen Masters at the French Court, 1400-1416. Exhibition Catalogue: Museum Het Valkhof Nejmegen, August 26, 2005. Antwerp: Ludion, 2005; p. 334. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille Binding New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Breviary Flemish Book Historiated initial Illumination Inhabited initial Miniature Walters Art Museum Flanders 15th century Devotion Liturgy Codex Heraldry Manuscript Christian Watermark