Item Summary

Psalter in Latin and Middle English. Remnant of missing folio at the beginning.

Descriptive Information

Title
[Psalter with canticles].
Call Number
26.10
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/4t64gr886
Publisher
[Southern England], [second half of the 14th century]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1350-1399
Format
Manuscript
Extent
61 leaves : parchment ; 325 x 222 (253 x 165) mm bound to 325 x 225 mm.
Provenance
Provenance: Richard Gough, Craven Ord (bookplate); Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart.; acquired at Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 Nov. 1972, lot 547.
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Ms. codex.
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 61 + i ; foliation in ink.
Layout: 43 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
Decoration: 1- and 2-line red initials, a few with added details (fol. 22v, 35r, etc.). Some letters on the top line are extended to form a row of triangular designs, some in the form of human or animal faces. Colors of red, brown and yellow.
Origin: Written in southern England in the second half of the 14th century.
Binding Note
Contemporary binding. Wooden boards with leather spine. Evidence of two clasps (now missing) on upper board.

Discovery Information

Subject
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Manuscripts, English—New Jersey—Princeton

Physical Characteristics

File Count
129

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/b3be57cd-868d-40cb-96ae-65f9d3a65628/manifest