Psalter of Low Countries provenance., ?2nd half of 13th century.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Calendar (folio 1);
(ii) Psalter (folio 15);
(iii) Canticles of the Psalter, 'Confitebor' to 'Quicunque vult',and Magnificat (folio 186);
(iv) Capitula and collects for the feast of St Lambert (folio 204).
Lacking leaves after folios 91, 104, 203. Red and blue penwork initials. Some names including Saints Dominic and Donatus have been added in a later hand to the calendar; others, including some of the additional names, have been erased. The copyist has made mistakes of omission and commision, both small and extensive; some of these are due to his familiarity with certain of the psalms in frequent liturgical use, e.g. at folios 21, 148 verso.
Section (iv) is a later addition in a different hand, and the leaves are of thicker vellum, as are folios 13-14.
Inside the back cover is a verse in Dutch beginning 'Och wie wee'.
Dates
- Creation: ?2nd half of 13th century.
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
207 Leaves ; 70 x 48 millimetres.
Language of Materials
Latin
Arrangement
207 folios.
Collation: 1¹⁴ (folios 13-14 replaced by blank leaves), 2-5¹⁶, 6¹⁶ (-14), 7¹⁶(-12), 8-12¹⁶, 13¹⁶ (- 16), 14⁴.
Single columns. Sections (i)-(iii), 17 lines; (iv), 14 and 16 lines. Quiremarks survive in two hands on folios 47, 108, 124, 141.
Physical Description
Vellum. Contemporary binding, with remains of a clasp apparently added to the book later.
Repository Details
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