221.
- Published / Created:
- [1475-1499]
- Call Number:
- Takamiya MS 47
- Image Count:
- 422
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, on parchment, in at least two hands, containing the text of the psalter, preceded by prayers and a calendar, and followed by canticles and a litany. The calendar is very detailed and includes dates of various English battles, the latest of which is the battle of Dunkirk (1483).
- Description:
- In Latin; a few notes in the calendar in Middle English., Note concerning the probable date of the volume in Latin, in a later hand (9v.), Layout: single columns of 21 lines., Script: rounded gothic liturgical script., Decoration: Rubricated. Small initials throughout in red and blue with contrasting penwork; seven large illuminated initials with two-sided borders; large illuminated initial on the first leaf of the text of the Psalter., and Binding: contemporary binding of reversed skin over bevelled wooden boards; sewn on five double bands. Remains of clasps on the front board.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Connecticut, New Haven., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Liturgy, Prayers and devotions, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Psalters
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Psalter