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Psalter.

Title
Psalter.
Author
Catholic Church.
Publication
Augsburg, Germany, approximately 1255.

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TextBy appointment only Spencer Coll. MS. 11Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 11.
Description
152 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 228 x 161 mm
Alternative Title
Psalterium
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Manuscripts – Germany – 13th century.
  • vellum (parchment)
  • Early works.
  • illuminated manuscripts.
  • Illuminated initials (layout features)
Note
  • The foliation in the manuscript and the notes in the dossier count the back paste down as f. 152.
  • On ff. 2-4v, calendar; ff. 5-6v, miniatures; ff. 139-151v, 6 OT canticles + Benedicite, 3 NT canticles, Pater noster, Credo, Te Deum, Nicene Creed. On f. 152 (back paste down), a prayer in the Rhenish dialect, O himelische konic, libe herre ihesu christe
  • Layout: Written in 19 long lines per page, ruled in brown ink. Prickmarks and traces of some signatures visible.
  • Decoration: Six full-page miniatures on gold fields. Zodiacal symbols in calendar. Initial with grotesque. Sketch of Christ, f. 152. Very large initials in blue, red and green on gold fields. 3-line gold initials on blue and red fields. 1-line alternating red and blue initials. Rubrics.
  • Collation: one quire of six folios (defective?), followed by 18 quires of eight folios each and one quire of two folios (defective).
  • Scribe: 2 scribes; later hand, s. XIV ?, writes the prayer on f. 152.
  • Script: Early Gothic.
  • Artist: Rhine School style of illumination.
  • Status of text: Lacks 3 leaves at end with litany and collects.
  • Calendar: 27 Aug, obit for one "Katharina"; 17 Nov, obit for "Theodericus pater meus"; 19 Nov, Elizabeth of Hungary (can. 1235); on same quire as some of full page miniatures.
Access (note)
  • Restricted use.
Indexed In (note)
  • The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
  • Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937)
  • New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list
Cite As (note)
  • NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 11
Language (note)
  • In Latin.
Provenance (note)
  • Given (Aug. 16, 1544) by Magdalena ab Hessburg to "poeta Bruschius" (? the historian Caspar Brusch, 1518-59). Belonged later to the Charterhouse at Buxheim. Graf Hugo von Waldbott-Bassenheim sale (1883).
Binding (note)
  • Bound, s. XV, in stamped leather over wooden boards cut almost flush to book block at fore edge, 2 fore edge clasps closing to front boards; evidence of 5 bosses on each cover.
Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 11
OCLC
1336974428
Author
Catholic Church.
Title
Psalter.
Imprint
Augsburg, Germany, approximately 1255.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Access
Restricted use. Requires permission for access.
Indexed In:
The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 39.
Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), p. 1337, no. 11.
New York Public Library. Spencer Collection. Dictionary catalog and shelf list, vol. II, p. 904.
Cite As:
NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 11
Language
In Latin.
Provenance
Given (Aug. 16, 1544) by Magdalena ab Hessburg to "poeta Bruschius" (? the historian Caspar Brusch, 1518-59). Belonged later to the Charterhouse at Buxheim. Graf Hugo von Waldbott-Bassenheim sale (1883).
Binding
Bound, s. XV, in stamped leather over wooden boards cut almost flush to book block at fore edge, 2 fore edge clasps closing to front boards; evidence of 5 bosses on each cover.
Source of description
Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.
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Place of Publication
Germany Augsburg.
Added Author
New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 11.
Research Call Number
Spencer Coll. MS. 11
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