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1. Psalter, etc.
- Published / Created:
- second half of the 13th century
- Call Number:
- Beinecke MS 211
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Calendar; Psalter; Six canticles; and Litany.
- 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.
- 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, and Psalters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter, etc.