Glossed psalter leaf, between 1150 and 1175.

Format:

Manuscript

Contributor:

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430.

Standardized Title:

Bible. Psalms. Selections. Latin

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Psalms.

Psalters--Specimens.

Psalters.

Genre:

fragments (object portions)

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Specimens.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Henry Sotheran Ltd. (London), 2009.

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment ; 303 x 198 (204 x 68, Bible text; 211 x 160, glosses) mm

Contained In:

Manuscript Fragment Collection. Folder 31

Place of Publication:

between 1150 and 1175.

Language Note:

In Latin.

Summary:

Leaf from a glossed psalter probably written in France. The page is ruled in lead with 6 vertical bounding lines marking the left and right limits of the outer marginal gloss column (53 mm), the central text column (70 mm), and the inner marginal gloss column (25 mm). The horizontal lines are not ruled across the three columns, but individually and independently for each column.The Bible text (Psalm 77.59-72) is written in 16 lines, with lines in between for interlinear glosses. The marginal glosses are written at about half the size of the Bible text and are largely passages from Augustine's Enarrationes in Psalmos, somewhat condensed. Each verse begins with an initial in red.

Local Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Related Collections:

Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley, holds a Liber psalmorum (Ms. UCB 147), which comprises a large section of this psalter (beginning in the middle of Psalm 87, with many leaves missing); other known single leaves from this manuscript are MS 100, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and MS Hayes 134, University of Colorado at Boulder, Special Collections.

Related Work:

Augustine, of Hippo, Saint, 354-430. Enarrationes in Psalmos. Selections

OCLC:

426905175

Online:

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