(Q4696)
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Learning and scholarship--History--Medieval, 500-1500
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Bible. Psalms--Criticism, interpretation, etc
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[circa 1100]
12. century
1100Gregorian
1100Gregorian
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Extent: 109 leaves : parchment ; 134 x 90 (95 x 48) mm bound to 141 x 100 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in northern France, probably Laon, circa 1100.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Collation: Parchment, 109; 1-3⁸ 4⁸(-4, no loss of text) 5-7⁸ 8⁸(-5, no loss of text) 9-10⁸ 11¹⁰(gathering of 8 with additional bifolium sewn in) 12⁸ 13¹³ (gathering of 8 with 5 single leaves sewn in); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.
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Layout: Psalms written in 22 lines, marginal glosses written in up to 58 lines; ruled in drypoint for psalms and glosses.
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Script: Written in a late Caroline minuscule script; opening words of psalms and some headings in glosses in majuscules.
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Decoration: Large (three-quarters page) opening initial (f. 1v) added ca. 1250, divided brown and red with penwork infill and surround in brown and red; initials and versal capitals added to early pages (ff. 2-16) in red, probably 13th c., otherwise left blank.
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Binding: 18th-century French calf gilt (Quaritch).
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Sold at auction at Christie's, 2 June 1999, lot 33.
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Rebound and given the title Lectionnaire (f. 1r) in France in the 18th century (Quaritch).
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Offered at auction at Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 34.
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Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 1348 (2007), no. 11.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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