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1. Harley MS 863

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Harley MS 863
Title:
Psalter ('The Leofric Psalter') with partial gloss in Old English
Scope & Content:
This manuscript contains a Psalter (ff. 8r-123v) that was written by scribes who also produced manuscripts made for Leofric, bishop of Exeter (from 1046 to 1072 (see Lapidge, Anglo-Saxon Litanies of the Saints (1991) no. 23). The manuscript also includes a 12th-century Kalendar with many later a...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century-12th century
Extent:
A parchment codex

2. Harley MS 863 ff 8-123v

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Harley MS 863 ff 8-123v
Title:
Psalter, with canticles, litany for the use of Exeter, prayers, and offices (The 'Leofric Psalter')
Scope & Content:
Contents: This Psalter has been identified in other manuscripts made for Leofric, bishop of Exeter (from 1046 to 1072). ff. 8r-108v: The Gallican version of the Psalms with Canticles. A continuous interlinear Old English gloss to the Canticle 'Quicumque vult' (ff. 107r-v). ff. 108v-111v: Lit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Old and Latin
Date Range:
2nd half of the 11th century
Extent:
Part of Harley MS 863

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