PROVENANCE: The calendar is sparse, but contains St. Bavo, bishop of Ghent (1 October), a later insertion is Maclovius, bishop of S.Malo (15 November).

TEXT: Calendar (f.1-6); Hours of the Cross (f.8); Hours of the Holy Spirit (F.13); Mass of the Virgin (f.17); Hours of the Virgin, Matins (f.25); Lauds (f.36); Prime (f.44); Terce (f.48); Sext (f.52); None (f.55); Vespers (f.58); Compline (f.63); Hours for Advent (f.67); Penitential Psalms (f.73); Office of the Dead (f.85); Obsecro te and O intemerata (f.109); Suffrages to the Saints (f.113); Prayers on verso of final f.116 in a 16th century hand.

DECORATION: the decoration is in the Bruges tradition in a style associated with William Vrelant and his school, with grisaille backgrounds of rocky and hilly landscapes with flowering bushes and trees.

THE SUBJECTS OF THE MINIATURES ARE:
f.7. Crucifixion
f.12. Pentecost
f.16. Virgin enthroned with angel
f.24. Annunciation
f.35. Visitation
f.43. Nativity
f.47. Annunciation to the Shepherds
f.51. Adoration of the Magi
f.54. Presentation in the Temple
f.57. Massacre of the Innocents
f.62. Flight into Egypt
f.66. Coronation of the Virgin
f.72. David at Prayer
f.84. Raising of Lazarus

THE LARGE HISTORIATED INITIALS ARE;
f.109. Pieta; f.113. St.Michael; f.113v. St.John; f.114. SS. Peter and Paul; f.114v. St.Nicholas; f.115v. St.Barbara; f.116. St.Margaret