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Add MS 26866
- Record Id:
- 040-002030651
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002030563
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000117.0x00015e
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100055993903.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 26866
- Title:
- Psalter with gloss in Latin, imperfect
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-229v: A Psalter with interlinear and marginal glosses from the Parva Glosatura (Minor Glosses) on the Psalms commonly attributed to Anselm of Laon (d. 1117) and his school, imperfect. It also includes the Canticles (ff. 214v-229v).
Decoration:
Large framed 'B' for 'Beatus' initial with interlaces and floral details (f. 2r). Major decorated initials with zoomorphic or floral features in red, blue, green and gold. Red and blue initials with penwork and pen-flourishing decoration. Small intials in red and blue. Rubrics in red.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
England and France 700-1200 Project - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002030563
040-002030651 - Is part of:
- Add MS 26789-26876 : Presented by J. T. Payne, Esq.
Add MS 26866 : Psalter with gloss in Latin, imperfect - Hierarchy:
- 032-002030563[0059]/040-002030651
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 26789-26876
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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A parchment codex
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100055993903.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1224
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century-1st quarter of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: outer edges of leaves damaged by fire.
Materials: Parchment leaves inlaid in paper.
Dimensions: 275 × 210 mm (text space: approximately 190 x 140 mm).
Foliation: ff. 229 (+ 3 unfoliated paper flyleaves at the beginning + 3 at the end).
Script: Gothic, written above top-line.
Binding: British Museum/British Library in-house. Gold-tooled brown half leather binding, the spine inscribed in gold: 'PSALTERIUM DAVIDIS'; marbled endpapers.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: Northern France.
Provenance:
John Payne Collier (b. 1789; d. 1883), literary editor and forger: bought from him by the British Museum, London, 29 July 1865.
- Information About Copies:
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Full digital coverage available for this manuscript: see Digitised Manuscripts at http://www.bl.uk.manuscripts/.
- Publications:
- Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts in the British Museum 1854-1875 (London: British Museum, 1877), p. 296.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This manuscript is part of The Polonsky Foundation England and France Project: Manuscripts from the British Library and the Bibliothèque nationale de France, 700-1200.