Psalter

Description

Title: Psalter
Published / Created: 15th century
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of fragments of a Psalter
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by one hand in Southern Gothica Textualis Formata, using Uncial and Half-Uncial d. Headings in red. Alternately blue and red 1-line plain versals. Alternately blue and red 2-line flourished initials, respectively with red and purple penwork.
Manuscript on parchment of fragments of a Psalter in which the Psalms (or parts of them) seem to have been arranged according to various intentions; an unknown number of leaves is missing between ff. 1 and 2. Including Psalms 31, 37, 50, 142, and the Kyrie eleyson.
Provenance: Purchased in 1972 from Samuel Harrison Thomson with the Beinecke Endowment Fund.
Extent: ff. 2 : 380 x 260 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Psalter. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.