Beginning of Sanctorale: Feast of St. Andrew (Nov. 30), First Vespers-Matins, Lesson 2
Sanctorale. The Proper of Saints or Sanctorale usually begins with the Feast of St. Andrew on November 30. This is to liturgically align the Sanctorale with the Temporale, which begins on the first Sunday of Advent. The text on the recto, however, includes the Feast of St. Saturinus, celebrated November 29. This organization is also followed in the Breviary of Ercole d'Este.
The first leaves displayed here are from a quire of ten at Harvard University. Notice the verso of the last leaf includes a catchword in the bas-de-page, "e" (abbreviation for "est"), indicating this leaf is the last leaf of the quire.
If you click on the first image below you will find the fully decribed leaf with images from the recto and verso at the bottom of the page. The full border decoration on the verso is designed not only to highlight the importance of the Feast of St. Andrew but also to help the reader find the beginning of the prayers to saints in a very large book. Notice, however, that the historiated initial includes an image of an inverted crucifixion. This is the manner in which the martrydom of St. Peter is usually represented. St. Andrew is traditionally portrayed as martyred on an X-shaped cross.
Feast of St. Andrew (Nov. 30), Matins, Lessons 2-6
Feast of St. Andrew (Nov. 30), Matins, Lesson 6-Lauds
Feast of St. Andrew (Nov. 30), Lauds-2nd Vespers; Feast of St. Nicholas (Dec. 6), Matins, Lessons 1-4
Feast of St. Nicholas (Dec. 6), Matins, Lesson 4-9; Feast of St. Ambrose (Dec. 7), rubrics
Feast of St. Ambrose (Dec. 7), Matins, Lessons 1-6; Conception of the Virgin (Dec. 8), 1st Vespers
Conception of the Virgin (Dec. 8), 1st Vespers, Matins, Lessons 1-4
Conception of the Virgin (Dec. 8), Matins, Lessons 4-8
Conception of the Virgin (Dec. 8), Matins, Lesson 9-2nd Vespers; Feast of St. Melchiades (Dec. 10); Feast of St. Damasus (Dec. 11)
Feast of St. Lucy (Dec. 13), 1st Vespers-Matins, Lessons 1-6
Feast of St. Stephen (Dec 26), End of First Vespers-Matins, Lesson 6
Feast of St. Gregory (March 12), Lessons 2-3; Feast of St. Benedict (March 21), Lessons 1-?
Annunciation to the Virgin (Mar25), Matins Lessons 5-9, Lauds
Feasts of the Annunciation (Mar25), Sts. Tiburtius, Valerian, & Maximus (Apr14), St. Anicetus (Apr17), Sts. Soter & Gaius (Apr22), Feast for the Common of Martyrs, Matins, Easter-Pentecost.
Feast of St. Philip & James (May 1), 2nd Vespers; Discovery of the Holy Cross (May 3), 1st Vespers to Matins
Feast of Sts. Alexander, Eventius, Theodolius, and Juvenal (May 3); Feast of St. John Before the Latin Gate (May 6), 1st Vespers-Matins
Feast of St. Maurelius (May 7), Matins, Lessons 1-2
Feast of St. Peter in Chains (Aug 1), Lauds-Second Vespers; Feast of the Holy Machabees (Aug 1); Feast of St. Stephen, Pope (Aug 2), Matins, Lessons 1-3
Feasts of the Invention of St. Stephen (Aug 3, Matins, Lessons 2-6), Our Lady of the Snows (Aug 3, 1st Vespers)
Feast of Our Lady of the Snows (Aug 3), 1st Vespers-Matins, Lesson 4
Feast of Our Lady of the Snows (Aug. 3), Matins, Lesson 9-2nd Vespers; Feast of St. Dominic (Aug. 4), Matins, Lessons 1-5
Feast of St. Dominic (Aug. 4), Matins-2nd Vespers
Feasts of St. Cyriacus ( Aug 8), St. Romanus (Aug 9), St. Lawrence (Aug 10, 1st Vespers-Matins)
Feast of the Assumption (Aug. 15), Matins, Lessons 1-5
Feast of the Assumption (Aug. 15), Matins, Lessons 5-9
Feasts of St. Bartholomew (Aug 24), St. Zephyrinus (Aug 26), and St. Augustine (Aug 28, Matins, Lessons 1-4)
Feasts of St. Gorgonius (Sept 9), Sts. Protus & Hyacinth (Sept 11), Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Sept 14, Matins, Lesson 1)
Feast of St. Matthew (Sept. 21), Matins, Lessons 6-9; Feast of St. Maurice (Sept. 23), Matins, Lessons 1-4
Feasts of St. Maurice (Sept 22), Lessons 4-6; St. Linus (Sept 23); Sts. Cyprian and Justina (Sept 26), Lessons 1-4
Feast of St. Michael (Sept 29), End of First Vespers- Matins, Lesson 4
Feast of St. Jerome (Sept. 30), Matins; Feast of the Translation of Relics for St. Remigius (Oct. 1); and the Feast of St. Francis (Oct. 4)
Feast of St. Dionysius, Rusticius and Eleutherius (Oct 9); Feast of St. Calixtus (Oct. 14), Matins, Lessons 1-3; Feast of St. Luke (Oct. 18), Matins, Oratio
Feast of St. Vitalis and Agricola (Nov 4), Matins, Lessons 7-9; Feast of the Quatuor Coronati (Nov 8), Matins, Lessons 1-6
Feast of Elizabeth of Hungary (Nov. 19), Matins, Lessons 5-9; Feast of St. Pontianus (Nov. 19), Lesson 1; Feast of St. Cecilia (Nov. 22), Matins, Lessons 1-3
Feast of St. Cecilia (Nov. 22), Matins, Lessons 8-9; Feast of St. Clement (Nov. 23), Matins, Lessons 1-3
Feasts of St. Clement (Nov 23, Lauds-2nd Vespers), St. Felicity (Nov 23, Matins, Lessons 1-6), and St. Catherine (Nov 25, Matins, Oratio)
Feast of St. Catherine of Alexander (Nov 25), Matins, Oratio-Lesson 9
