The Stowe Breviary (

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, Stowe MS 12) is an early-fourteenth-century

illuminated manuscript An illuminated manuscript is a formally prepared document where the text is often supplemented with flourishes such as borders and miniature illustrations. Often used in the Roman Catholic Church for prayers, liturgical services and psalms, th ...

Breviary from England, providing the

divine office Divine Office may refer to: * Liturgy of the Hours, the recitation of certain Christian prayers at fixed hours according to the discipline of the Roman Catholic Church * Canonical hours In the practice of Christianity, canonical hours mark t ...

according to the Sarum ordinal and calendar (with Norwich additions). It is thought to be by the same scribe as the Macclesfield Psalter and the Douai Psalter. The manuscript forms part of the

Stowe manuscripts The Stowe manuscripts are a collection of about two thousand Irish, Anglo-Saxon and later medieval manuscripts, nearly all now in the British Library. The manuscripts date from 1154 to the end of the 14th century. The manuscripts were originally c ...

in the

Sources

*Sherry Reames, "Origins and Affiliations of the Pre-Sarum Office for Anne in the Stowe Breviary", in ''Music and Medieval Manuscripts: Paleography and Performance, Essays Dedicated to Andrew Hughes'', ed. John Haines and

Randall Rosenfeld Randall may refer to the following: Places United States *Randall, California, former name of White Hall, California, an unincorporated community *Randall, Indiana, a former town *Randall, Iowa, a city *Randall, Kansas, a city *Randall, Minnesota ...

(Aldershot: Ashgate, 2004), pp. 349–68.

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