HV- Tours

Hours of the Virgin
Hore Beate Marie Virginis - Use of Tours

Ad Matutinum	Invitatorium Ave maria
Hymnus	Quem terra ponthus	Ant. ps. 8: Benedicta tu
Lectio i.	O beata maria quis tibi	Responsorium i. Sancta et immaculata
Ad Laudes	Pss. 92, 99, 62, 66, B, 148
Antiphona	Post partum
Capitulum	Maria virgo semper letare	Hymnus O gloriosa domina
Antiphona super Benedictus	O gloriosa dei genitrix
Collecta	Deus qui de beate marie
Ad Primam	Pss. 53, 116, 117
Hymnus	Veni creator spiritus
Antiphona	O admirabile
Capitulum	Virgo verbo concepit	R. Ave maria V.Benedicta tu
Collecta	Deus qui salutis eterne
Ad Tertiam	Pss. 119, 120, 121
Hymnus	As primam
Antiphona	Quando natus es
Capitulum	Paradisi porta	R. Post partum V.Dei genitrix
Collecta	Protege domine nos famulos tuos
Ad Sextam	Pss. 122, 123, 124
Antiphona	Rubum quem
Capitulum	Gaude maria virgo	R. Sancta dei genitrix V.Intercede
Collecta	Concede misericors deus fragilitati
Ad Nonam	Pss. 125, 126, 127
Antiphona	Germinavit
Capitulum	Te laudent angeli	R. Speciosa facta es V.In delicijs V.Dignare me
Collecta	Concede nos famulos tuos
Ad Vesperas	Pss. 128, 129, 130, 131
Antiphona	Beata mater et inupta
Capitulum	Beata es virgo maria	Hymnus Ave maris stella V.Specie tua R.Intende
Antiphona super Magnificat	Sancta maria succurre
Collecta	Famulorum tuorum quesumus domine
Ad Completorium	Pss. 12, 42, 128, 130
Antiphona	Cum iocunditate
Capitulum	Sicut cynamomum	Hymnus Virgo singularis V.Ecce ancilla R.Fiat me
Antiphona super Nunc dimittis	Ecce complecta sunt omnia
Collecta	Gratiam tuam quesumus domine

Source: ED443 Copenhagen KB NkS 35 8vo Book of Hours c.1480/90. Illuminated by a mediocre local artist (Francois Avril: "Artiste que je ne connais pas").
ED notes: The text is written in a manner that appears to be copied from an early printed book of hours. Calendar for use in Tours (complete transcription available). OD=Tours. Litany: Confessors start with: Silvester, *Gaciane, *Martine, Gregori, Ambrosi etc.
Variants: The innumerable sources from Tours have several minor variants, especially at Lauds. If the variants are significant is the use probably for a specific church (ask for further details). Note that Leroquais has found a similar office in Heures impr. 1497, Jehan Philippe, called "Heures à l'usage de Saintes"! (VL 080)
Copenhagen KB GkS 1610 (with a fine Tours calendar and miniatures by Jean Fouquet, has HV and OD for the use of Bourges, cf. my reconstruction and notes under Books of Hours). Other sources: VL 045 (Heures impr.1495, Heures impr. 1527); VL 259 (Heures impr. 1500);
B48 (Paris BN Ms.lat.1202); B236 (Paris Arsenal Ms.561); B298 (Paris Bibl. Ste-Genevieve 2688); B301 (Paris Bibl. Ste-Genevieve 2694); B306 (Paris Bibl. Ste-Genevieve 2709);

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