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Psalter (fragment)
Title
Psalter (fragment).
Created
Southern Germany, [between 1090 and 1110]
Physical Description
ff. 1-3 : parchmnt ; 305 x 203 mm.
Language
Latin
Notes
Script: written in Caroline minuscule.
Decoration: the beginning of each Psalm has a 4-line initial in orange or brown square capitals with a single round form of "D", occasionally filled with yellow and green wash; 1-line initials at the beginning of verses alternate in brown and orange filled with yellow wash and in brown rustic capitals and uncials; rubrics are mostly written in orange minuscule, which are written in rustic capitals; punctuated with the punctus, punctus elevatus, and punctus interrogativus.
In Latin.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Robert G. Babcock, Lisa Fagin Davis, and Philip G. Rusche.
Provenance
This psalter was written by the same scribe who wrote the breviary preserved in Beinecke MS 481.26 and may have formed part of the same volume; another leaf of the psalter is still in the binding of Lambach Ccl 315.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment on parchment of a psalter containing portions of Psalms 22, 87, and 88.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
June 08, 2016
References
Psalter (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Psalter (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 11th century.
Manuscripts, Medieval - Germany - 12th century.
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