[Psalter]

Date:

1425

Description:

Illuminated psalter arranged in eight sections, probably originally marked by illuminations or decorated borders (at Psalm 38, 52, 68, 80, 97, and 110), all now missing except two (f. 1v, decorated border for Psalm 1, and f. 15v, illumination at the beginning of Psalm 26, numbered 27 in the manuscript; leaves missing after f. 24, 32, 34, 39, 40, 44, 48, 57, 63, 67). Canticles and hymns were written at the ends of the sections (for example, Somno refectis artubus, after Psalm 26, numbered 25 in the manuscript, f. 15r), and antiphons that vary by liturgical season are written with minimal rubrication after some psalms (for example, f. 10r, following Psalm 18, numbered 17 in the manuscript).

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Unidentified ownership stamp: cursive initials EH followed by superscript Y, in purple ink (f. i recto).; Formerly owned by German lawyer and diplomat Bernd Oetter (bookplate with motto Orbis Terrarum Patria Mea, front flyleaf verso).; Sold at auction by Venator & Hanstein (Cologne), catalog 169 (2022), lot 341.; Oetter, Bernd, 1937-, former owner.

Relation:

The Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366271

Subject:

Psalters -- Specimens; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Dutch -- Specimens

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); illuminated manuscripts; Psalters; Canticles; Hymn texts; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

94 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 97 x 75 (65 x 45) mm bound to 105 x 85 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Latin.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Foliation: Parchment, i (modern paper) + 94 + i (modern paper); [1-94], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Earlier numbering schemes for psalms and foliation also present. Predictable gatherings of 8 for most of the manuscript, but the collation is uncertain, particularly at the beginning of the volume.; Layout: Written in 32 long lines; horizontals and bounding lines ruled in faint ink; pricking visible on one leaf (f. 40).; Script: Written in Gothic textualis script.; Decoration: Large illumination of King David in prayer with his harp on the ground, with three-quarters foliate border and 8-line illuminated initial D on gold ground (f. 15v); three-quarter foliate border with 8-line illuminated initial D on gold ground; 2-line gold initials on blue and pink grounds marking the beginning of each psalm, canticle, or hymn throughout; 1-line initials alternating between red and blue marking the beginning of verses throughout; initials touched in red marking the beginning of antiphons throughout.; Binding: Modern blind-tooled leather; front hinge broken.; Origin: Written in the southern Netherlands in the mid-15th century (Venator & Hanstein).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2265

Collection:

Constance L. Rosenthal Book Fund