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VERONICA CONDON

Folio

Type

Incipit

clxxviiv

Collect

(Vigil of Pentecost) Deus, qui in Abrahae famuli tui
opere

clxxvii3

Collect

Deus, qui primis temporibus impiété miracula novi tes¬
tamenti luce reserasti

clxxviib

Collect

Deus, glorificado fidelium et vita justorum

clxxviiva

Collect

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui per unicum Filium
tuum

clxxviivb

Collect

Deus, qui nobis per prophetarum

clxxviii3

Collect

Domine Deus virtutum, qui collapsa reparas

clxxviiib

Collect

Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut qui solemni-
tatem

clxxviiiva

Collect

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut claritatis tuae
super nos splendor effulgeat

clxxviiivb

Lesson

Factum est, cum Apollo esset Corinthi, et Paulus
peragratis. Acts 19: 1-8

clxxix

Gospel

Si diligitis me. John 14: 15-21

clxxx (top)

Introit

(Pentecost) Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum.
Wisdom 1: 7

clxxx (bot.)

Lesson

Cum complerentur dies Pentecostés erant omnes disci-
puli pariter in eodem loco. Acts 2: 1-11

clxxxv

Gospel

Si quis diligit me, sermonem meum servabit. John 14:
23-31

clxxxi

Introit

(Whit Monday) Cibavit eos ex adipe frumenti, alleluia.
Ps. 80: 17

clxxxiv

Lesson

Aperiens Petrus os suum, dixit: Viri fratres. Acts 10: 34,
42-48

clxxxii

Gospel

Sic Deus dilexit mundum. John 3: 16-21

clxxxiiva

Introit

(Whit Tuesday) Accipite jucunditatem gloriae vestrae,
alleluia. 4 Esdras 2: 36-37

clxxxiivb

Lesson

Cum audissent Apostoli, qui erant Jerosolymis. Acts 8:
14-17

clxxxiii

Gospel

Amen, amen, dico vobis, qui non intret per ostium in
ovile ovium. John 10: 1-10

clxxxiiiva

Introit

(Whit Wednesday) Deus, dum egrcdereris coram populo
tuo, iter faciens eis. Ps. 67: 8-9

clxxxiiivb

Lesson

Simon Petrus cum undecim levavit vocem. Acts 2:
14-21

clxxxiv

Collect

Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens et misericors Deus

clxxxivva

Lesson

Per manus autem Apostolorum. Acts 5: 12-16

clxxxivvb

Gospel

Nemo potest venire ad me, nisi Pater. John 6: 44-52

clxxxv

Introit

(Whit Thursday) Spiritus Domini replevit orbem ter-

rarum. Wisdom 1-7

AN UNUSUAL PENTECOST CYCLE

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Folio

Type

clxxxv va

Lesson

clxxxvvb

Gospel

clxxxvi

Introit

clxxxviva

Lesson

clxxxvivb

Gospel

clxxxviiva

Introit

clxxxviivb

1st Lesson

clxxxviii

2nd Lesson

clxxxviii

3rd Lesson

clxxxix

4th Lesson

clxxxixv

5th Lesson

cxca

Collect

cxcb

Epistle

V

cxc

Gospel

Incipit

Philippus descendens in civitatem Samariae. Acts 8:
5-9

Convocatis Jesus duodecim Apostolis, dedit illus virtu-
tum. Luke 9: 1-6. Note that the evangelist symbol for
this Gospel is St. John’s eagle and words before the
miniature refer to St. John.

(Ember Friday after Pentecost) Replcatur os meum laude
tua, alleluia: utpossim cantare, alleluia. Ps. 70: 8, 23
Haec dixit Dominus Deus: Exsultate, filii Sion. Joel 2:
23-24, 26-27

Factum est in una dierum, et Jesus sedebat docens. Luke
5: 17-26. The text is on the following page.

(Whit Saturday) Caritas Dei diffusa est in cordibus
nostris, alleluia. Romans 5: 5

Haec dicit Dominus Deus: Effundam Spiritum meum

super omnem camem. Joel 2: 28-32

Locutus est Dominus ad Moysen, dicens: Loquere filiis

Israel. Levit. 28: 9-11, 15-17, 21

Dixit Moyses filiis Israel: Audi, Israel, quae ego praeci-

pio tibi hodie. Deut. 26: 1-3, 7-11

Dixit Dominus ad Moysen: Loquere filiis Israel, et dices

ad eos: Si in praeceptis meis. Levit. 26: 3-12

Angelus Domini descendit cum Azaria et sociis ejus in

fomacem. Daniel 3: 47-51

Deus, qui tribus pueris

Justificad ex fide, pacem habcamus ad Deum. Romans 5:
1-5

Surgens Jesus de synagoga, introivit in domum Simonis.
Luke 4: 38-44

The Collects

Similar types of liturgical scenes to those which occur in MS Douce 313 are to be
found in many manuscripts, but they do not usually illustrate Collects.11

There are ten Collect miniatures in the Pentecost Cycle of the Missal, eight for
the Vigil, one for Pentecost Wednesday and one for Pentecost Saturday. These are
quite simple scenes showing a priest before an altar with one or two of his congrega¬
tion. These miniatures give no indication of the words of the prayer, and in this they
differ from the illustration of the Votive Collects and the Collects of the Requiem

11 Compare Paris, BN ms fr. 13342, a Fourteenth Century Anglo-Norman treatise on the Mass
which has many miniatures that indicate what the congregation should do at various parts of the Mass.
Compare also the numerous examples of miniatures of a priest before an altar that illustrate “Ad te
levavi”, the Introit for the first Sunday of Advent, or the Adoration of the Host at the “Te igitur”.