Psalter bifolium, between 1200 and 1225.

Format:

• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Bible. Psalms. Selections. Latin

Language:

Latin

Genre:

• fragments (object portions)
• psalters (books)
• Manuscripts, Latin.
• Manuscripts, Medieval.

Penn Provenance:

• Sold at auction as part of an imperfect psalter at Sotheby's, 12 December 1967, lot 37; psalter leaves dispersed by Folio Fine Art.
• Sold by Bernard Quaritch (London), cat. 1348 (2007), no. 15.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 157 x 193 mm

Contained In:

Manuscript Fragment Collection. Folder 17

Place of Publication:

between 1200 and 1225.

Language Note:

In Latin.

Summary:

Bifolium containing the continuous text of Psalms 44.5-47.15. Originally part of a psalter probably written and decorated in the diocese of Seville, in southern Spain, in the early 13th century, based on the saints in the calendar and litany of that psalter. Each leaf written in black ink in 22 long lines, ruled in plummet, with rubrication in red. 2-line initials in gold and purple at the beginning of each psalm, gold capitals in black outline set out in the margins at the begnning of each verse, those on the first page with further decoration in green.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Related Collections:

Another known leaf from the same manuscript is M1784, Special Collections - Manuscript Collection, Stanford University.

OCLC:

155932878

Online:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page