Psalter (fragment).

Description

Title: Psalter (fragment).
Published / Created: [between 1033 and 1066]
Publication Place: Fulda, Germany
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of a psalter containing portions of Psalms 105, 135, 140, and 141
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in Carolina minuscule.
Decoration: the Psalms begin with 4-line initials in brown ink, with vine-stem decoration, partially outlined in orange; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses are in orange; 1-line initials "Q" on f. 2r in black dotted with red; rubrics are written in orange uncials; first line of each Psalm is written in brown uncials with long ticks descending from each letter; punctuated with the punctus.
Provenance: Several other fragments from the same psalter survive including Beinecke MS 712.22, Lambach Fragment 15, and other pieces in the bindings of Lambach Ccl 477a. Other fragments are in two incunabula: formerly Lambach Ink. 37 and 53. Fragments of a hymnal by the same scribe can be found in the binding of Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, s.n. 3622 and as Lambach Fragment 13d-f. One folio was the flyleaf in the binding of Lambach Ccl 223.
Extent: ff. 1-3 : 210 x 155 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 11th 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
Germany > 11th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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