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This compact, early-fourteenth-century Psalter was produced in Northeastern France. It contains historiated initials at Psalms 1, 26, 38 (lacking, originally between folios 43 and 44), 52, 68, 80, 97, and 109, but also includes an additional historiated initial for Psalm 51. The Psalter is followed by Canticles, the Litany, and Prayers. This book is among the earliest illuminated manuscripts brought to Philadelphia, as it is recorded in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia by 1788, when it was bound by the local binder Caleb Buglass.
Support: Parchment; Extent: ii+192+ii; 123 x 87 mm bound to 94 x 131 mm; Foliation: Unfoliated; Collation: 1-5 (8), 6 (8, -4), 7-23 (8), 24 (9, +9)
One column of seventeen lines, ruled in lead; written area: 83 x 58 mm
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Eight historiated initials with tendril decorations extending into the margins; marginalia; two-line initials, some inhabited, at the beginning of all remaining Psalms and Canticles
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
The lower margin of fol. 1r contains a forged inscription with the erroneous date 1060: "AD MLX"; this inscription was likely added by the noted naturalist and painter, Pierre Eugene du Simitiere; the date is repeated on the spine, and in a note on fol. 192v; inscription on the recto side of the second flyleaf reads "From 1370 to 1400 A.D. appears from internal evidence to be the date of this MS."
Psalms numbered in Roman numerals in a fifteenth- or sixteenth-century hand, and in Arabic numerals in an early-modern hand
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Northeastern France
First quarter of the fourteenth century
Gilt-tooled red morocco, gilt lettering on spine: "Prayer Book 1066", American, Philadelphia, Caleb Buglass, 1788
Latin
Acquired by the Library Company of Philadelphia before or during the year 1788
Northeastern France
First quarter of the fourteenth century
Latin
Acquired by the Library Company of Philadelphia before or during the year 1788
This compact, early-fourteenth-century Psalter was produced in Northeastern France. It contains historiated initials at Psalms 1, 26, 38 (lacking, originally between folios 43 and 44), 52, 68, 80, 97, and 109, but also includes an additional historiated initial for Psalm 51. The Psalter is followed by Canticles, the Litany, and Prayers. This book is among the earliest illuminated manuscripts brought to Philadelphia, as it is recorded in the collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia by 1788, when it was bound by the local binder Caleb Buglass.
The lower margin of fol. 1r contains a forged inscription with the erroneous date 1060: "AD MLX"; this inscription was likely added by the noted naturalist and painter, Pierre Eugene du Simitiere; the date is repeated on the spine, and in a note on fol. 192v; inscription on the recto side of the second flyleaf reads "From 1370 to 1400 A.D. appears from internal evidence to be the date of this MS."
Psalms numbered in Roman numerals in a fifteenth- or sixteenth-century hand, and in Arabic numerals in an early-modern hand
Gothic--textualis semi-quadrata
Eight historiated initials with tendril decorations extending into the margins; marginalia; two-line initials, some inhabited, at the beginning of all remaining Psalms and Canticles
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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