Psalter-hymnal

Description

Title: Psalter-hymnal
Published / Created: [between 1300 and 1400, 1000 and 1100]
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of a Psalter-Hymnal, written for a Benedictine monastery. On the rear flyleaf, a fragment of the Gospel of Mark, 1:24-31 and 36-42, in West-Saxon translation
Description: In Latin and Anglo-Saxon.
Script: Copied by three scribes, all writing Northern Gothica Textualis Formata. The fragment is copied in careful Anglo-Saxon Minuscule.
The decoration consists of 1-line plain initials alternately in red and blue in the text; 2-line flourished initials in blue with red penwork with marginal extensions; 3- and 5-line litterae duplices with partial or full penwork borders (J-motifs) as indicated in art. 2. Litterae duplices also on ff. 116r, 133v, 143v (artt. 3, 6 and 7).
Binding: Original undecorated leather over oak boards (?). Spine with three raised bands. Traces (?) of one clasp.
Provenance: Purchased from H.P. Kraus, 19 June 1975.
Extent: ff. 186 : 150 x 105 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin
English, Old (ca. 450-1100)

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval England 11th century
Manuscripts, Medieval England 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Benedictines.
Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Hymns
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Monasticism and religious orders
Psalters
Subjects: Benedictines
Catholic Church > Liturgy
Bible. N.T. Mark
Hymns > Early works to 1800
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Monasticism and religious orders
Psalters
England > 11th century
England > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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