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Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 42131

1. Add MS 42131

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 42131
Title:
Psalter and Hours (the 'Bedford Psalter and Hours')
Scope & Content:
Psalter and Hours of Sarum use, known as the Bedford Psalter and Hours, written and illuminated for John Plantagenet (b. 1389; d. 1435), third son of Henry IV, after he (John) became Duke of Bedford in 1414 (includes a motto reading: 'I comminde me unto ȝow. I pray god saue pe duke of bedford', ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
1414-1422
Extent:

1 volume

2. Add MS 42131/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 42131/1
Title:
Detached former bindings and paste-downs from Add MS 42131 (the 'Bedford Psalter and Hours')
Scope & Content:
The components of former bindings, kept separately, are as follows: original 15th century binding of white leather on wooden boards (beech and oak) covered with red velvet, in the late 17th century (?) and rebacked in the 20th century; 2 fragments of a 14th-century Italian manuscript of St Thom...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Latin
Date Range:
14th century-17th century
Extent:

Components of former bindings