CHD Rouen Calendar c.1460-75

Rouen Kalendarium
Heures à l'usage de Rouen, Rouen c.1460-1475
Formerly D & D Galleries - Somerville, NJ

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KALENDARIUM
Kalendarium (French) written on 16 lines, alternating in blue and red colours, with the KL initials, name of the months and rubricated days in burnished gold.
A typical commercial secular Rouen calendar from the 3rd quarter of the 15th Cent. [Cf. Characteristics in the Rouen Calendar]. The colour of the entries of saints are reproduced here to facilitate a comparison with the facsimile. It shall here once more be emphasized, that the distribution of red and blue days in this type of calendar is a random alternation between the colours for purely decorative reasons. The golden days are the feasts normally written in red ("rubricated") in liturgical calendars. For Rouen is there in particular one important red-letter day: celebration of the patron saint Roumain (Romanus, archbishop of Rouen) on 23 October. Other characteristic rubrications are Saint Marcial on 3 July and Translation Saint Sauveur (6 August, really the medieval Transfiguratio Domini).
Due to a damage by moisture are the entries on all the 16th's partly effaced, and unreadable on the jpegs. Apart from 4 days who are having recognizable standard saints on the day, are there a number of illegible saints. By comparison with other similar calendars from Rouen in the CHD databases does these days turn out to be exceptional. Most of the illegible days are in fact empty in almost all the genuine Rouen calendars! A suspicion is aroused: did this scribe supply the calendar with extra saints from a liturgical calendar, in order to enhance the layout of the two facing pages? A name could have been entered on the first line of all the verso-pages to visually balance the KL and name of the month on the facing recto.

f.1	KL			JANVIER
01	01	iij	A	*La circoncision
02	01		b	Oct. s. estienne
03	01	xj	b	Oct. s. iohan
04	01		d	Oct. des innocens
05	01	xix	e	s. symeon
06	01	viij	f	*La typhaine
07	01		g
08	01	xvj	A
09	01	v	b	s. pol hermite
10	01		b	s. guillerme
11	01	xiij	d
12	01	ij	e
13	01		f	s. hylaire
14	01	x	g	s. felix
15	01		a	s. mor
f.1v
16	01	xviij	b
17	01	vij	c	s. anthoine
18	01		d
19	01	xv	e
20	01	iiij	f	s. fabien. s.sebastien
21	01		g	s. agnes
22	01	xij	A	*S. vincent
23	01	i	b
24	01		c
25	01	ix	d	*Conversion s. pol
26	01		e
27	01	xvij	f	s. iulien
28	01	vj	g	sainte agnes secunde
29	01		a
30	01	xiiij	b	Translation sainte anne
31	01	iij	c
f.2	KL			FEVRIER
01	02		d	s. sever
02	02	xj	e	*La chandeleur
03	02	xix	f	s. blaise
04	02	viij	g
05	02		a	sainte agathe
06	02	xvj	b
07	02	v	c
08	02		d
09	02	xiij	e	s. ausbert. sainte appolline
10	02	ij	f	s. austreberte
11	02		g
12	02	x	a
13	02		b
14	02	xviij	c	s. valentin
15	02	vij	d
f.2v
16	02		e	sainte iulienne
17	02	xv	f
18	02	iiij	g
19	02		a	s. eulalie
20	02	xij	b	s. lucien
21	02	i	c
22	02		d	*S. pierre
23	02	ix	e	s. policarpe
24	02		f	*S. mathias
25	02	xvij	g
26	02	vj	a	s. alixandre
27	02		b	sainte honorine
28	02	xiiij	c	s. romain
f.3	KL			MARS
01	03	iij	d	s. aubin
02	03		e	s. prime
03	03	xj	f
04	03		g
05	03	xix	a
06	03	viij	b
07	03		c	s. thomas daquin
08	03	xvj	d	s. cyprien
09	03	v	e
10	03		f
11	03	xiij	g
12	03	ij	a	s. gregoire
13	03		b
14	03	x	c	s. innocent
15	03		d
f.3v
16	03	xviij	e	s. h[ebert]
17	03	vij	f	s. patris
18	03		g
19	03	xv	a
20	03	iiij	b
21	03		c	s. benoit
22	03	xij	d	s. paulin
23	03	i	e
24	03		f
25	03	ix	g	*La nostre dame
26	03		a
27	03	xvij	b	s. ligier
28	03	vj	c	s. prisse
29	03		d
30	03	xiiij	e	s. riulle
31	03	iij	f	s. balbine
f.4	KL			APIRRIL
01	04		g	s. valeri
02	04	xj	a
03	04		b	s. ambrose
04	04	xix	c
05	04	viij	d
06	04	xvj	e
07	04	v	f
08	04		g
09	04	xiij	a	s. hye [Hugo aep. Rotomag.]
10	04	ij	b
11	04		c	s. lion pape
12	04	x	d
13	04		e
14	04	xviij	f	s. yfemme
15	04	vij	g	s. tybur
f.4v
16	04	vij	a	s. calixte
17	04	xv	b
18	04	iiij	c
19	04		d
20	04	xij	e	s. victor
21	04	i	f
22	04		g	s. oportune
23	04	ix	a	s. george
24	04		b
25	04	xvij	c	*S. marc evangeliste
26	04	vj	d
27	04		e
28	04	xiiij	f	s. vital
29	04	iii	g	s. pierre le martir
30	04		a	s. eutroppe
f.5	KL			MAY
01	05	xj	b	*S. iaque s. philippe
02	05		c	sainte anastaise
03	05	xix	d	*Sainte croix
04	05	viij	e
05	05		f
06	05	xvj	g	*S. iohan
07	05	v	a	s. silvain
08	05		b
09	05	xiij	c	s. nicolas
10	05	ij	d	s. gordien
11	05		e
12	05	x	f
13	05		g
14	05	xviij	a	s. boniface
15	05	vij	b	s. ysodoire
f.5v
16	05		c	s. honore
17	05	xv	d
18	05	iiij	e	s. paulin
19	05		f	s. yves
20	05	xij	g
21	05	i	a
22	05		b	sainte elainne
23	05	ix	c
24	05		d
25	05	xvij	e	s. urbain
26	05	vj	f	s. augustin
27	05		g	s. hyldevert
28	05	xiiij	a
29	05	iij	b
30	05		c
31	05	xj	d	s. perronelle
f.6	KL			JUING
01	06		e	s. nicomede
02	06	xix	f
03	06	viij	g	s. liefart
04	06	xvj	a
05	06	v	b	s. boniface
06	06		c
07	06	xiij	d
08	06	ij	e	s. godart s. medart
09	06		f	s. felicien
10	06	x	g
11	06		A	*S. barnabe
12	06	xviij	b	s. ursin
13	06	vij	c
14	06		d
15	06	xv	e	s. modest
f.6v
16	06	iiij	f	s. cir. sce iulite
17	06		g	s. romain
18	06	xii	a
19	06	i	b	*S. gervais
20	06		b	s. florent
21	06	ix	d	s. lyeffroy
22	06		e
23	06	xvij	f	Vigile
24	06	vj	g	*S. iohan baptiste
25	06		A	*S. eloy
26	06	xiiij	c	s. iohan s.pol
27	06	iij	b
28	06		d	Vigile
29	06	xi	e	*S. pierre s.pol
30	06		f	Commemoration s. pol
f.6v-7	KL			JUILLET
01	07	xix	g	s. tybault
02	07	viij	a	s. proces
03	07		b	*S. marcial
04	07	xvj	c	*S. martin
05	07	v	d
06	07		e
07	07	xiij	f	s. thomas
08	07	ij	g
09	07		a
10	07	x	b	Les vij freres [ms: erroneously "dormans", cf. 27.07.]
11	07		c	s. benoit
12	07	xviij	d
13	07	vij	e
14	07		f	s. bertin
15	07	xv	g
f.7v
16	07	iiij	a	s.- (illesible, normally no entry here)
17	07		b	s. piat
18	07	xij	c	s. cler
19	07	i	d
20	07		e	Sainte marguarite
21	07	ix	f	s. victor
22	07		g	*La magdalene
23	07	xvij	a
24	07	vj	b	sainte cristine
25	07		c	*Saint iaques s.xpofle
26	07	xiiij	d	*Sainte anne
27	07	iij	e	Les vij dormans
28	07		f
29	07	xj	g
30	07	xix	a
31	07		b	s. germain
f.8	KL			AOUST
01	08	viij	c	*S. pierre
02	08	xvj	d	s. estienne
03	08	v	e	*S. estienne
04	08		f
05	08	xiij	g	s. dominique
06	08	ij	A	*S. sauveur
07	08		b	s. donne
08	08	x	c
09	08		d	Vigile
10	08	xviij	e	*S. laurens
11	08	vij	f
12	08		g
13	08	xv	a	s. ypolite
14	08	iiij	b	Vigile
15	08		c	*La nostre dame
f.8v
16	08	xij	d	s. - (illesible)
17	08	i	e
18	08		f	sainte coronne
19	08	ix	g
20	08		a	s. bernard
21	08	xvij	b
22	08	vj	c	s. syphorien
23	08		d
24	08	xiiij	e	*S. berthelemieu
25	08	iij	f	s. loys
26	08		g
27	08	xj	a
28	08	xix	b	s. augustin
29	08		c	*s. iohan
30	08	viij	d	s. fiacre
31	08		e	s. paulin
f.9	KL			SEPTEMBRE
01	09	xvj	f	s. gile s.leu
02	09	v	g	s. anthoine
03	09		a
04	09	xiij	b
05	09	ij	c
06	09		d	s. amadour
07	09	x	e	s. cloust
08	09		f	*La nostre dame
09	09	xviij	g	s. gorgon
10	09	vij	a
11	09		b	s. prothin
12	09	xv	c
13	09	iiij	d
14	09		e	*Sainte croix
15	09	xij	f	s. lubin
f.9v
16	09	i	g	s. - (illesible)
17	09		a	s. lambert
18	09	ix	b
19	09		c
20	09	xvij	d	Vigile
21	09	vj	e	*S. mathieu
22	09		f	s. morisce
23	09	xiiij	g
24	09	iij	a
25	09		b	s. fremin
26	09	xj	c
27	09	xix	d	s. cosme s. damien
28	09		e
29	09	viij	f	*S. michiel
30	09		g	s. ieromme
f.10	KL			OCTOBRE
01	10	xvj	a	s. remy
02	10	v	b
03	10	xiij	c
04	10	ij	d	s. franchois
05	10		e	sainte cristine
06	10	x	f	sainte foy
07	10		g
08	10	xviij	a
09	10	vij	b	*Saint denis
10	10		b
11	10	xv	d	s. nigaise
12	10	iiij	e
13	10		f
14	10	xij	g	s. calixte
15	10	i	a
f.10v
16	10		b	s. michiel
17	10	ix	c
18	10		d	*S. lucas evangeliste
19	10	xvij	e
20	10	vj	f
21	10		g	les xi. mille vierges
22	10	xiiij	a	s. mellon
23	10	iij	b	*S. romain
24	10		c
25	10	xj	d	s. crespin
26	10	xix	e	s. amant
27	10		f	Vigile
28	10	viij	g	*S. symon s. iude
29	10		a
30	10	xvj	b
31	10	v	c	s. quintin. Vigile
f.11	KL			NOVEMBRE
01	11		d	*La toussains
02	11	xiij	e	*Les mors
03	11	ij	f	s. eustace
04	11		g
05	11	x	a
06	11		b	s. lienard
07	11	xviij	c
08	11	vij	d	Les .iiij. coronnes
09	11		e
10	11	xv	f	s. martin pape
11	11	iiij	g	*S. martin
12	11		a
13	11	xij	b	s. brisce
14	11	i	c	s. eugene
15	11		d	s. maclou
16	11	ix	e
f.11v
17	11		f	s.- [illesible]
18	11	xvij	g
19	11	vj	a
20	11		b	s. columbain
21	11	xiiij	c
22	11	iij	d	sainte cecile
23	11		e	*S. clement
24	11	xj	f	s. grisogone
25	11	xix	g	*Sainte katherine
26	11		a	s. lin
27	11	viij	b	s. maxime
28	11		c
29	11	xvj	d	Vigile
30	11	v	e	*S. andrieu
f.12	KL			DECEMBRE
01	12	xiij	f	s. eloy
02	12	ij	g
03	12		a
04	12	x	b	sainte barbe
05	12		c
06	12	xviij	d	*S. nicolas
07	12	vij	e	Oct. s. andrieu
08	12		f	*La nostre dame
09	12	xv	g
10	12	iiij	a
11	12		b
12	12	xij	c	s. valeri
13	12	i	d	sainte luce
14	12		e
15	12	ix	f	s. nicomede
f.12v
16	12		g	O sapiencia
17	12	xvij	a	s. ladre
18	12	vj	b
19	12		c	s. seurin
20	12	xiiij	d
21	12	iij	e	*S. thomas
22	12		f	s. victor
23	12	xj	g
24	12	xix	a	Vigile
25	12		b	*Le iour de noel
26	12	viij	c	*S. estienne
27	12		d	*S. iohan
28	12	xvj	e	*Les innocens
29	12	v	f	*S. thomas
30	12		g	s. ursin
31	12	xiij	a	s. silvestre

CHD Guide to the Facsimile of The Rouen Hours

by Erik Drigsdahl

Kalendarium f.1
Gospel Lessons f.13
Obsecro te f.15, O intemerata f.22
The Hours of the Virgin [Use of Rouen]
1. Ad matutinum Matins f.27
2. Ad laudes Lauds f.37
  1. Commemoration of Saints f.46v
3. Ad primam Prime f.51
4. Ad tertiam Terce f.56
5. Ad sextam Sext f.58v
6. Ad nonam None f.61
7. Ad vesperas Vespers f.63v
8. Ad completorium Compline f.66
Seven Penitential Psalms f.71
1. Litanie f.83 [Use of Rouen]
Hours of the Cross Matins f.89
Hours of the Holy Spirit Matins f.91
Office of the Dead f.94 [Use of Rouen]
Prayers in French f.123
1. Doulce Dame f.123 (15 Joys of the Virgin)
2. Doulx Dieu f.128v (Seven Requests to our Lord)

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