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ff. ii + 252 + ii - Brown morocco, 19th century; spine bears label from previous binding, which reads "Psalterium et Preces, MS Sec. XIV"; gilt edges. - Signature, "E. R." (15th century); armorial bookplate of Francis Jack Needham, 2nd Earl of Kilmorey (1787-1880); gift of Phoebe A. Hearst to the Bancroft Library UC Berkeley (ca. 1890). Previous call number t2MS BX2033 A2 1300. - De Ricci, p. 5 n. 11.

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Title
BANC MS UCB 028
Published
Belgium
Full Collection Name
Digital Scriptorium
Type
Image
Language
Latin
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Notes:-Armorial bookplate of Francis Jack Needham, front pastedown.
Acknowledgments: - Information for this description provided by C. W. Dutschke.
Century: 14th
Contents
Part 1: ff. 1-252

Description: - Parchment - 113 x 76 mm - 15 long lines ruled in brown ink with top two and bottom two lines full across; single vertical bounding lines full length.

Country: Belgium

City: Ghent

Assigned Date: s. XIVin

Dated by scribe: No

Document: No

Number of Scribes: 3; scribe 1, ff. 1-248; scribe 2, rubrics, antiphons; scribe 3, ff. 248v-252v.

Script: Gothic.

Figurative Decoration: 7 8-line historiated initials on burnished gold grounds with silver frames; marginal grotesques.

Other Decoration: 3-line initials in gold with gold bar extension the length of the text; 1-line initials in gold with pen flourishes of alternating pink and blue.

Notes: Decoration similar to the Psalter of Guy de Dampierre.




Text 1: ff. 1-248

Title: Psalter

Language(s): Latin

Notes: Biblical psalter converted to liturgical use; prayers added, s. XV, ff. 248v-252v. 

Status of text: Begins defectively at Psalm 21; quire 13 misbound.

Image 1: f. 9 Historiated initial, Mocking of Christ; grotesque.

Image 2: ff. 32v-33 Historiated initial, Christ before Caiaphas; text "Gloria patri ... Amen" used as line filler for last three lines, f. 32v.

Image 3: f. 55 Historiated initial, Flagellation of Christ; grotesques.

Image 4: f. 77 historiated initial, Road to Calvary; grotesques

Image 5: f. 104 Historiated initial, Crucifixion; grotesques.

Image 6: f. 129v Historiated initial, Deposition from the Cross; grotesques.

Image 7: f. 157 Historiated initial, Entombment; grotesques; rubric added, s. XV.

Image 8: ff. 182v-183 Painted initials; rubric and antiphons added, s. XV.

Image 9: ff. 235v-236 Litany.

Image 10: ff. 248v-249 Added prayer, signed "E. R."
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