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1. Add MS 24686

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Add MS 24686
Title:
Psalter ('The Alphonso Psalter')
Scope & Content:
The work on the Alphonso Psalter (formerly known as 'The Tenison Psalter') was begun in c. 1284 when, as the arms on f. 11r suggest, the manuscript was intended as the wedding gift to Prince Alphonso of England (d. 1284), son of Edward I, and his bride Margaret, daughter of Florent V, count of H...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Anglo-Norman and Latin
Date Range:
c 1284-1316
Extent:

A parchment codex.

2. Add MS 24686, ff 5r-135v

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Add MS 24686, ff 5r-135v
Title:
Psalter
Scope & Content:
The Psalter includes: Calendar (ff. 5r-10v); including added obits of the Haustede family (13th century); queen Eleanor of Castile (1290; f. 7v); Elizabeth de Bohun, countess of Hereford; daughter of Edward I (1316; f. 7r); Sir Roger de Mereworth (14th century f. 8r); Eleanor de Bar, daughter of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1284-1316
Extent:
131 folios.

3. Add MS 24686, ff 2r-4v

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Add MS 24686, ff 2r-4v
Title:
Prefatory miniatures
Scope & Content:
Prefatory miniatures were gathered together and probably added to the manuscript for Elizabeth de Bohun between 1302 and 1316. They include: 3 full-page miniatures of saints, each in 4 compartments, with the saints' names inscribed above the upper compartments, or in scrolls in the lower margin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
c 1290-1316
Extent:
2 folios.