Ferial psalter (DS879) (Q4693)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9940876113503681, Ms. Codex 1057, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940876113503681)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Ferial psalter (DS879) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9940876113503681, Ms. Codex 1057, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9940876113503681) |
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27 August 2023
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Benediktinerinnenabtei St. Walburg (Eichstätt, Germany)
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Finding tabs
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Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
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Catholic Church--Prayers and devotions--Early works to 1800
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1350?
14. century
1350Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 272 leaves : parchment ; 116 x 75 (80 x 55) mm bound to 125 x 95 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment and paper, 272; 16 2-2212 236; quires 3-23 signed i-xxii in red on last verso, except quire 18 (xvi), where the lower margin of the last leaf has been repaired; [1-10; 10-271]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, with two leaves marked 10; the foliation references in this record use the pencil foliation as it appears in the manuscript.
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Layout: Written in 16 long lines (psalter).
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Script: Calendar and main text written in a Gothic hand; first quire of antiphons and hymns, additions to calendar, and marginalia in later hands.
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Decoration: One historiated initial and one inhabited initial, painted, with white tracery and painted ascenders and descenders with grotesques in the margins (King David, f. 15v; f. 182v); four 4- to 6-line painted initials in blue and red with openwork foliate motifs, decorated with red and blue penwork and grotesques (ff. 46v, 106r, 132v, 156v); two 2- to 3- line painted initials with red...
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Binding: Late 16th-century blind-stamped pigskin with two brass clasps.
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Origin: Probably written in Trento (based on liturgical calendar), circa 1350.
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Formerly held by the Abbey of Saint-Walburga, Eichstätt, Bavaria, in the 16th and 17th century (calendar additions, 9r-13v).
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Chicago & Paris), 2007.
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28 April 2025
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