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This manuscript is a thirteenth-century Greek psalter, in which the book of Psalms is followed by the nine Biblical Canticles and hymns. Illuminated headpieces appear in three places and the rubrics are in gold, with rubrics also added in red.
Support: Parchment; Extent: iii+192+iii; 211 x 168 mm bound to 230 x 174 mm; Foliation: Modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; Collation: 1-10 (8), 11 (7, +7), 12-21 (8), 22 (4), 23-24 (8), 25 (6, -6)
One column of twenty lines, with initials at the beginning of verses in a narrow column on the left margin; ruled in drypoint; written area: 157 x 115 mm
Greek minuscule
Ornamental head piece on the first page in gold and colors with geometric pattern surmounted by two peacocks (fol. 1r), rubbed; two similar, slightly smaller head pieces, also somewhat rubbed, at Psalm 78 (fol. 88r) and the beginning of the Biblical Canticles (fol. 172r); initials and rubrication in gold; some later rubrication in red
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.
Flyleaves of nineteenth-century parchment
First two flyleaves almost completely detached
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.
Greece?
13th century
Nineteenth-century levant morocco, blind tooled borders of interlaced cable pattern around circular gilt ornaments on the covers, gilt back and spine title, by Bedford
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
George A. Leavitt & Co., Cat. 330, March 3, 1880, no. 625; George F. Leighton, St. Louis (bookplate inside front cover); his sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, April 25, 1929, no. 88 (sale description bound in between second and third flyleaves); (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936
Greece?
13th century
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
George A. Leavitt & Co., Cat. 330, March 3, 1880, no. 625; George F. Leighton, St. Louis
This manuscript is a thirteenth-century Greek psalter, in which the book of Psalms is followed by the nine Biblical Canticles and hymns. Illuminated headpieces appear in three places and the rubrics are in gold, with rubrics also added in red.
Flyleaves of nineteenth-century parchment
First two flyleaves almost completely detached
Greek minuscule
Ornamental head piece on the first page in gold and colors with geometric pattern surmounted by two peacocks (fol. 1r), rubbed; two similar, slightly smaller head pieces, also somewhat rubbed, at Psalm 78 (fol. 88r) and the beginning of the Biblical Canticles (fol. 172r); initials and rubrication in gold; some later rubrication in red
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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