Quadruplex psalter (fragment).

Description

Title: Quadruplex psalter (fragment).
Published / Created: 12th century.
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragments, on parchment, from a Quadruplex Psalter, in which the text of each page is arranged in four precisely parallel columns, each containing a different version of the text, with the intention of enabling textual comparison and criticism. Fragment 1 contains portions of Psalms 31 and 32; fragment 2 contains portions of Psalms 38 and 39.
Description: In Latin and transliterated Greek.
Layout: originally 4 columns of 40 lines each.
Script:pregothic.
Decoration: rubricated. Small and larger initials also in red ink.
Provenance: Purchased from Sotheby's New York (Ryno Bible sale, 2016 December 5, lot 4) on the Herman W. Liebert Fund, 2016.
Extent: 2 leaves : 317 mm x 148 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Subjects: Bible. Psalms > Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters > Early works to 1800
Germany > 12th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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