Magnificat

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Leaf from a French Medieval Book of Hours such as those made by Benedictine monastic scribes
Magnificat, Canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Luke I:46-55), recited with the proper antiphon after the recitation of the verse; from the Ordinary of the Divine Office at Vespers (from the Roman Breviary text)
One vellum leaf from a prayer-book, written by hand on both sides in Church Latin; Gothic letters in black with each sentence starting with a larger color-painted letter in Arabesque style; colored leafy-vine with gold-leaf ornamentation on right side of sheet (front), and on left side of sheet (verso)
Ends with short prayer (Antiphon) to the Virgin Mary (Ave sancta maria ...)
Verse and Response preceding the Magnificat: Post partum virgo in violata permansisti. Dei genetrix intercede pro nobis. Ave Sancta maria
Transcription: Magnificat anima mea dominum. Et excultavit spiritus meus in deo salvatore meo. Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae: ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes. Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est, et sanctum nomen eius. Et misericordia eius a progenie in progenies timentibus eum. Fecit potentiam bracchio suo, dispersit superbos mente cordis sui. Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles
Verso leaf: Esurientes implevit bonis, et divites dimisit inanes. Suscepit Israel, servum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae. Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, erga Abraham et semen eius in saecula. Gloria patri et filio et spiritui sancto. Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper et in saecula saeculorum. Amen
Ave sancta maria succurre miseris iuva pusillanimes refove flebiles ora pro populo interveni pro clero intercede pro devoto femineo sexu. Domine exaudi orationem meam. Et clamor meus ad te veniat. Oremus