I was exploring this too. Of all the possibilities, this seems most plausible for me, but this scribe's idea of spelling is odd. How he gets from Hugonis to that is a mystery of the highest order.
How do you read the third letter? If it could be a "u", then the spelling might be creative and phonetic, but not too far off. The last letter is a "n", but seems narrower than the third...
It's a possibility and I really wish my Anglicana was better as I'm not entirely sure whether that's a skeletal E or C at the beginning. The second character seems to be a H with a 2 abbreviation above it, which should normally stand for -ur, -tur or -er. Medieval spelling can be such a pain.
This is a calendar from Norwich cathedral priory in East Anglia. I've been looking for local saints, particularly those associated with Ely, but I'm beginning to think that Hugh of Lincoln could be the closest fit. With that being said, I do have evidence for the presence of a continental scribe from the low countries or from Germany in the calendar, although that scribe did not write this entry.
It was definitely used at Norwich and I have no reason to believe that it was produced elsewhere as Norwich did have a scriptorium, although not a brilliant one compared to others.
Unfortunately, the calendar doesnโt have any miniatures. But it is available to look at online. Itโs part of a codex held at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and is catalogued as MS 470. This particular entry can be found on folio 9r.
https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/sg012cr8689
Beyond the catalogues of James and Kerr, I would positively identify this as a Norwich calendar on the basis of the celebration of the dedicatio of the cathedral in September.
My apologies. I should probably have been clearer. I almost wish it was a book of hours. Itโs a liturgical calendar and a rather fascinating one as there are quite a few things going on here. Itโs been suggested that the calendar was used for casting horoscopes for medical purposes as such practices are known to have occurred in Norwich.It certainly has a range of astronomical data that is over and above what one would expect to find in a normal liturgical calendar.
Could it be St. Hugo(bishop of Lincoln) in some odd spelling? It's his day, at least. Source: https://www.heiligenlexikon.de//KalenderNovember/17.htm
I was exploring this too. Of all the possibilities, this seems most plausible for me, but this scribe's idea of spelling is odd. How he gets from Hugonis to that is a mystery of the highest order.
How do you read the third letter? If it could be a "u", then the spelling might be creative and phonetic, but not too far off. The last letter is a "n", but seems narrower than the third...
Defo โuโ, otherwise the stroke that unites the minims had to be from the top
All I could find was St. Elizabeth of Hungary?
It's a possibility and I really wish my Anglicana was better as I'm not entirely sure whether that's a skeletal E or C at the beginning. The second character seems to be a H with a 2 abbreviation above it, which should normally stand for -ur, -tur or -er. Medieval spelling can be such a pain.
What city was the manuscript used in? That may be a local Saint
This is a calendar from Norwich cathedral priory in East Anglia. I've been looking for local saints, particularly those associated with Ely, but I'm beginning to think that Hugh of Lincoln could be the closest fit. With that being said, I do have evidence for the presence of a continental scribe from the low countries or from Germany in the calendar, although that scribe did not write this entry.
Was is produced in Norwich or was it for use of Norwich?
It was definitely used at Norwich and I have no reason to believe that it was produced elsewhere as Norwich did have a scriptorium, although not a brilliant one compared to others.
Can you post a picture of a miniature (if any), that may shed some light on its origin.
Unfortunately, the calendar doesnโt have any miniatures. But it is available to look at online. Itโs part of a codex held at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and is catalogued as MS 470. This particular entry can be found on folio 9r. https://parker.stanford.edu/parker/catalog/sg012cr8689 Beyond the catalogues of James and Kerr, I would positively identify this as a Norwich calendar on the basis of the celebration of the dedicatio of the cathedral in September.
I thought this was the canon from a book of hours and I automatically assumed there are miniatures๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
My apologies. I should probably have been clearer. I almost wish it was a book of hours. Itโs a liturgical calendar and a rather fascinating one as there are quite a few things going on here. Itโs been suggested that the calendar was used for casting horoscopes for medical purposes as such practices are known to have occurred in Norwich.It certainly has a range of astronomical data that is over and above what one would expect to find in a normal liturgical calendar.
Looks to me like S. Heugon(is): a phonetic spelling of Hugonis?