Choir psalter gatherings (DS2098) (Q10704)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9942700553503681, Ms. Oversize 33, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9942700553503681)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Choir psalter gatherings (DS2098) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9942700553503681, Ms. Oversize 33, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9942700553503681) |
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21 September 2023
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Schoenberg, Lawrence J
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Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts--Manuscripts
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between 1500 and 1599
16. century
1500Gregorian
1599
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Extent: 40 leaves : parchment, illustrations, music ; 690 x 510 (625 x 370) mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment, 40; 11 2-48 58(-8); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Psalms written in 15 long lines; Te Deum written in 5 lines with musical notation; psalm texts originally ruled in lead, ornamental double bounding lines and ruling in red ink added after the text was written.
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Script: Written in a rounded Gothic script.
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Decoration: Decorated 1-line initials throughout, in either red or blue with penwork infilling and decoration in purple or red or both; 18 2-line initials marking the first verses of psalms and 1 4-line initial at the beginning of the Te Deum in red and blue with purple and red penwork infilling and extending into the margins. Edges stained red.
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Binding: Gatherings stitched to 6 bands but without binding; some of the penwork was trimmed for binding.
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Origin: Written in Spain in the 16th century.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 December 1978, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg; LJS 291 in the Schoenberg collection.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2009.
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28 April 2025
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