Research Catalog

Title

Ferial Psalter.

Author

Catholic Church.

Publication

Poissy, France, approximately 1525.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hering, Charles, 1762 or 1763-1815
• New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 42.

Description

239 leaves, bound : parchment , ink, manuscript, illuminations; 190 x 120 mm

Subject

• Catholic Church > Psalters
• Catholic Church > Liturgy > Texts
• Catholic Church
• Bible
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > France
• Illumination of books and manuscripts
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) > New York (State) > New York
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)
• Psalters > France > 16th century
• Hymns, Latin > Early works to 1800
• Liturgics
• Psalters

Genre/Form

• Manuscripts – France – 16th century.
• vellum (parchment)
• Early works.
• illuminated manuscripts.
• Illuminated initials (layout features)
• Velvet bindings (Binding) – 19th century.
• Hymnals.

Note

• Layout: Written in 21 long lines per page, ruled in red ink. Quaternions are the norm. Quire signatures visible.
• Decoration: 5 historiated initials, accompanied by floreate borders with animal figures. Small and medium illuminated initials in blue and red; blue and red linefillers.
• Script: Calligraphic gothic.
• Music: Square notation on 4-line red staves.
• In calendar: latest-canonized saint, Antoninus of Florence (1523); feast of the Separation of the Apostles (dropped, 1551); on 13 Sept., "Dedicatio ecclesie de tortoy lamberti." Script and border decoration of archaizing style; miniatures up to date.
• On ff. 201-239: Ordo ad communicandum infirmam (fem. form), Office of the Dead (Dominican use), Burial service, as well as calendar to suggest use by a Dominican nun; see esp. ff. 206-10, "Letania pro sorore moriente."

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), Suppl.

Cite As (note)

• NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 42

Language (note)

• In Latin.

Provenance (note)

• Coat of arms f. 13v: arms of the d'Astros (Toulouse) and St. Servais (Liege) families. Arms on doublures belong to Perkins family, perhaps book collector Henry Perkins (1778-1855)?.

Binding (note)

• Bound by Hering of London, in blue velvet with bronze clasps and corner pieces; coat of arms on the front and back doublures; gauffered and gilt.

Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 42

OCLC

1340457675

Author

Catholic Church.

Title

Ferial Psalter.

Imprint

Poissy, France, approximately 1525.

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. 44.

Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts. Seymour de Ricci. (Wilson Co., New York, 1937), Suppl. p. 332, no. 42.

Cite As:

NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 42

Language

In Latin.

Provenance

Coat of arms f. 13v: arms of the d'Astros (Toulouse) and St. Servais (Liege) families. Arms on doublures belong to Perkins family, perhaps book collector Henry Perkins (1778-1855)?.

Binding

Bound by Hering of London, in blue velvet with bronze clasps and corner pieces; coat of arms on the front and back doublures; gauffered and gilt.

Source of description

Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Place of Publication

France Poissy

Added Author

Hering, Charles, 1762 or 1763-1815, binder.

New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 42.

Research Call Number

Spencer Coll. MS. 42