Psalter (fragment).

Description

Title: Psalter (fragment).
Published / Created: [1200-1299]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript fragment from an illuminated Psalter. The first leaf contains Psalm 47: 12-45 through Psalm 48:16; the second contains Psalm 53:5 through 54:13 (Vulgate numbering).
Description: In Latin.
Layout: single columns of 20 lines.
Script: gothic book hand.
Decoration: Two larger illuminated initials with birds perched on them. Smaller initials alternating between gilt with green penwork and blue with red penwork. Decorated line fillers, red and blue penwork, gilt.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Whitby Abbey. Formerly owned by Lt.-Col. Moss. Formerly owned by John Grant. Purchased from Toshiyuki Takamiya on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2017.
Extent: 2 leaves : 240 mm x 180 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
England
Whitby (England)
Subject (Name): Whitby Abbey.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Subjects: Whitby Abbey
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters > England > Early works to 1800
Whitby (England)
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Takamiya, Toshiyuki > Ownership
Moss, Lt.-Col > Ownership
Whitby Abbey > Ownership

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Citation: Psalter (Fragment) (Takamiya MS 80). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.