Psalter (Gallican) (fragment).

Description

Title: Psalter (Gallican) (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1150 and 1199].
Publication Place: Southern Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a Gallican Psalter containing a reading from Psalm 26.
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in late Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: the Psalm is written according to verse lines; 8-line initial "D" is in red outline and is filled with blue and green wash; the style is reminiscent of Regensburg decoration; the letters of the first two words of the Psalm are written on four lines to the right of the initial in 1-line square capitals that alternate between red and blue highlighted with red; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are written in red square capitals; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text; line fillers and line dividers in red.
Extent: ff. 1 : 190 x 132 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th 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.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Psalter (Gallican) (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.