Whitby psalter (fragment).
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Description
- Title
- Whitby psalter (fragment).
- Published / Created
- 1200-1299.
- Publication Place
- Whitby, England
- Abstract
-
Manuscript fragment (4 leaves), on parchment, of the volume known as the "Whitby Psalter."
- Description
-
In Latin.
Layout: single columns of 19 lines.
Script: gothic liturgical script.
Decoration: numerous geometric line fillers in red, blue and burnished gold. Numerous small initials in blue with red penwork or burnished gold with blue penwork at the openings of verses. Three leaves contain four large initials in burnished gold and colors, three further decorated with a bird figure. - Provenance
- Previously owned by the Benedictine Abbey at Whitby. Previously owned by Esther Rosenbaum. Purchased from the Estate of Stephen John Keynes on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2019.
- Extent
- 4 leaves (8 pages) : 240 x 180 mm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 712.188
- Container / Volume
- (File)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- parchment ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
-
Connecticut
New Haven.
England - Subject (Topic)
-
Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library - Subjects
-
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters > England > Early works to 1800
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Rosenbaum, Esther > Ownership
Whitby Abbey (Whitby, England) > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Whitby Psalter (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 14595414
- Object ID (OID)
- 32306365