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Votive Offices

Latin Keywords	officium, horae, de passione Domini, sanctae Crucis, beati Iacobi, Patris Sapientia
Short Description	Votive Offices were recited ex voto, that is, in fulfillment of a special devotion or intention. Such Offices – not being part of the general calendar and hence different from the one proper for the given day – were optional in principle, even if they were considered obligatory to the petitioners (e.g. a diocese or a religious order) to whom the concession had been made. The Hours of the Virgin and the Office of the Dead are listed separately because in the Middle Ages they were an obligatory appendix to the Canonical Hours. Additional short offices commemorating the passion of Christ or the compassion of Mary (e.g. the series Patris Sapientia) are considered as exceptional cases of votive offices and are listed here.

Latin Keywords

officium, horae, de passione Domini, sanctae Crucis, beati Iacobi, Patris Sapientia

Short Description

Votive Offices were recited ex voto, that is, in fulfillment of a special devotion or intention. Such Offices – not being part of the general calendar and hence different from the one proper for the given day – were optional in principle, even if they were considered obligatory to the petitioners (e.g. a diocese or a religious order) to whom the concession had been made. The Hours of the Virgin and the Office of the Dead are listed separately because in the Middle Ages they were an obligatory appendix to the Canonical Hours. Additional short offices commemorating the passion of Christ or the compassion of Mary (e.g. the series Patris Sapientia) are considered as exceptional cases of votive offices and are listed here.

Documents

Book	Original Index Title	P.N
DE Eichstätt 1589, Breviary, Breviarium Eystetense \| 904	Commemoratio passionis Christi	221
DE Magdeburg 1514, Breviary, Breviarium Magdeburgense \| 361	Horae de Passione Domini	566
DE Mainz (OSB) 0950 (about), Sacramentary, ÖNB Wien Cod. 1888 (olim: Theol. 685) \| 4581	De sancta Trinitate in prima vespera	381
DE Meißen 1511, Diurnal, Diurnale Misnense \| 880	Historia sacratissimi nominis Iesu	391
DE Wessobrunn 1120 (about), Collectary, Ritual, BSB München Clm 22039 \| 3510	Pro tempestate	214 (105r)
ES Burgos 1480-1485, Breviary, Breviarium Burgense \| 219	Incipiunt horae sanctae Crucis	356 (170v)
ES Santiago de Compostela 1569, Breviary, Breviarium Compostellanum \| 788	Incipit officium commemorationis beati Iacobi	1183
ES Santiago de Compostela 1569, Breviary, Breviarium Compostellanum \| 788	Officium sanctae Crucis	1215
FR Amiens 1291, Ordinal, BM Amiens Ms. 184 \| 161	Ad vesperos commemorationis sanctae Virginis ab octavis Epiphaniae usque ad Purificationem	217
FR Elne 1100-1200, Missal, Breviary, Ritual, BNF Paris NAL 0557 \| 242	Invitatorium de sancta Trinitate	24
FR OCist 1606, Missal, Missale Cisterciense \| 422	Sequntur missae votivae	356
FR OPraem 1504, Breviary, Breviarium Praemonstratense \| 822	Sequuntur horae de passione Domini	617
FR Rodez 1342-1352, Missal, Breviary, Lafayette Clermont-Ferrand Ms. 59 \| 7302	Incipit officium reliquiarum	336
GB Aberdeen 1509, Breviary, Breviarium Aberdonense (pars hiemalis) \| 824	Incipit commemoratio sancti Andreae	308 (131v)
GB Aberdeen 1509, Breviary, Breviarium Aberdonense (pars aestivalis) \| 823	Incipit commemoratio sancti Andreae	298 (131v)
GB York 1493, Breviary, Breviarium Eboracense \| 879	Festum Visitationis beatae Mariae Virginis per sacram convocationem Eborum	929
GB York 1493, Breviary, Breviarium Eboracense \| 879	Festum Transfigurationis Domini celebratur octavo Idus Augusti	940
GB York 1493, Breviary, Breviarium Eboracense \| 879	Secundae vesperae erunt de festo Dulcissimi Nominis Iesu	944
GB York 1493, Breviary, Breviarium Eboracense \| 879	Officium de sancto Ricardo de Hampole	955
HR Dalmacija 1400-1500, Ritual, BAV Barb. lat. 412 \| 1130	In agenda mortuorum ad matutinum	211
HR Zagreb 1484, Breviary, Breviarium Zagrabiense \| 693	Incipit officium horarum de passione Domini	111 (g3v)
HR Zagreb 1484, Breviary, Breviarium Zagrabiense \| 862	Incipit officium horarum de passione Domini	151
HU OSPPE 1540, Breviary, Breviarium Paulinum \| 473	Officium de passione Domini per omnem sextam feriam celebrandum	1142
NL Utrecht 1497, Breviary, Breviarium Traiectense \| 659	Horae sanctae Crucis	46 (b1r)
NO Trondheim 1519, Breviary, Breviarium Nidrosiense \| 642	In commemoratione sanctae Crucis ad primas vesperas	540 (264r)
SE Skara 1498, Breviary, Ritual, Breviarium Scarense \| 592	Lectiones de beata Virgine in sabbatis a Deus omnium usque ad Adventum Domini	1012 (17v)