Psalter, etc.

Description

Title: Psalter, etc.
Published / Created: second half of the 13th century
Publication Place: [Trier], Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (sturdy) of Calendar; Psalter; Six canticles; and Litany. and Parchment (sturdy), ff. 125 (125 = back pastedown), 196 x 141 (128 x 89) mm. Written in 20 long lines; double horizontal bounding lines, single vertical, all full across. Ruled in ink; prickings (slashes) in upper, lower, and outer margins.
Description: Script: Written by a single scribe in bold, early gothic bookhand. Notes by several later scribes, some of which have been erased. Full page initial B (f. 2v) in blue with pink and blue interior vine-stem patterns, on gold ground surrounded by red rectangular frame outlined in black. Smaller gold initials, 10- to 8-line, for Psalms 26, 38, 51, 52, 80, 97, 101, 109 (ff. 21r, 33v, 43r, 43v, 53v, 68r, 70r, 83r), of similar design, on blue ground with vine-stem patterns of olive green, white, and red, and rectangular frame of red and white. Other psalms introduced by gold initials, 9- to 3-line, outlined in red, infilled and surrounded by blue penwork designs; headings and first letter of each verse in red. Most decorative initials are severely rubbed.
Extent: 196 x 141 (128 x 89) mm.
Extent of Digitization: Partially digitized
Language: Latin

Format: text
Genre: Illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Psalters

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Citation: Psalter, etc. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. and Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 211.

Orbis Record: 9795716
OID: 2028636
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms211.htm