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Harley MS 4664, ff 126-332
- Record Id:
- 041-003353842
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002050507
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100037191271.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100165641675.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4664, ff 126-332
- Title:
- Calendar; Psalter with litany of saints, hymns and biblical readings; Hymnal; Sanctorale
- Scope & Content:
-
ff. 126r-132v: Calendar with computes for easter (ff. 132r, 132v).
ff. 133r-180v: Psalter with litany of saints (ff. 175r-176v), hymns and biblical readings.
ff. 181r-197v: Hymnal, including a hymn for St Cuthbert, with music notation.
ff. 198r-332v: Sanctorale with several prayers added in margins (prayers for St Blaise in the lower margins of ff. 213v-214v, and for St Valentine in the lower margins of ff. 215v-216r, and St Guthlac in the right and lower margin of f. 224r) and a 15th-century section on ff. 320r-332v. f. 200 is a 14th-century replacement page.
Decoration:
Four historiated initials with colours and gold:
f. 133r: King David with harp.
f. 145v: A boastful fool observed by a queen.
f. 157v: A monk in blue habit reading or singing from a book on a lectern with a monk in red habit standing next to him.
f. 162r: Christ enthroned.
Three types of large initials:
Large initials in gold against a red and blue background with white foliate decoration (Calendar: ff. 126r, 126v, 127r, 127v, 128r, 128v, 129r, 129v, 130r, 130v, 131r, 131v; Psalter: 133r, 133v, 224r, 247v, 273v, 274r, 276v, 278r, 287v, 298r, 303v, 314r, 316r).
Large puzzle initials in red and blue with red and blue penwork decoration (ff. 177v, 271v, 272r, 178r, 178v, 179r, 179v, 180r (x2), 182v).
Large blue or red initials with foliate and zoomorphic ornamentation in red, blue, green and gold (ff. 138r, 142r, 145r, 153v, 158r, 177r, 177r, 186r, 187r, 191v, 198r, 202r, 205r, 206v, 208r, 209v, 212r, 214r, 217v, 218v, 220r, 222v, 226r, 227r, 228r, 230v, 233r [also features a human head, potentially representing John the Evangelist], 236r, 237r, 249r, 250v, 253r, 266r, 267v, 269r, 270v, 275r, 278v, 281v, 282v, 284r, 287v, 291r, 292v, 301r, 310v, 317v).
Numerous small initials in blue with red penwork or in gold on a blue and red background (and red initials without penwork decoration throughout ff. 322v-332v).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Harley Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002050507
041-003353842 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4664 : Breviary of Coldingham Priory
Harley MS 4664, ff 126-332 : Calendar; Psalter with litany of saints, hymns and biblical readings; Hymnal; Sanctorale - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[4663]/040-002050507[0003]/041-003353842
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
-
Part of Harley MS 4664
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1250
- End Date:
- 1299
- Date Range:
- 2nd half of the 13th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
- Layout: 245 x 170 mm (text space: 162 x 120 mm).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)