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Whitby psalter (fragment)
Title
Whitby psalter (fragment).
Created
Whitby, England, 1200-1299.
Physical Description
4 leaves (8 pages) : parchment ; 240 x 180 mm
Language
Latin
Notes
Layout: single columns of 19 lines.
Script: gothic liturgical script.
Decoration: numerous geometric line fillers in red, blue and burnished gold. Numerous small initials in blue with red penwork or burnished gold with blue penwork at the openings of verses. Three leaves contain four large initials in burnished gold and colors, three further decorated with a bird figure.
Associated material: Psalter (Fragment). Takamiya MS 80, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Associated material: MS Lat. 394, Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In Latin.
Provenance
Previously owned by the Benedictine Abbey at Whitby. Previously owned by Esther Rosenbaum. Purchased from the Estate of Stephen John Keynes on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2019.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript fragment (4 leaves), on parchment, of the volume known as the "Whitby Psalter."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2019
References
Whitby Psalter (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Whitby Psalter (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - England - 13th century.
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