Whitby psalter (fragment).

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

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

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