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The Book of Psalms with extensive, mostly unattributed, interlinear and marginal glosses, followed by canticles with glosses.
Support: parchment; Extent: 109 leaves : 134 x 90 (95 x 48) mm. bound to 141 x 100 mm; Collation: Parchment, 109; 1-3⁸ 4⁸(-4, no loss of text) 5-7⁸ 8⁸(-5, no loss of text) 9-10⁸ 11¹⁰(gathering of 8 with additional bifolium sewn in) 12⁸ 13¹³ (gathering of 8 with 5 single leaves sewn in); modern pencil foliation, lower right recto.
Psalms written in 22 lines, marginal glosses written in up to 58 lines; ruled in drypoint for psalms and glosses.
Written in a late Carolingian minuscule; opening words of psalms and some headings in glosses in majuscules.
Large (three-quarters page) opening initial (f. 1v) added ca. 1250, divided brown and red with penwork infill and surround in brown and red; initials and versal capitals added to early pages (ff. 2-16) in red, probably 13th c., otherwise left blank.
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Laon?, France
Written in northern France, probably Laon, ca. 1100.
18th-century French calf gilt (Quaritch).
Latin
Rebound and given the title Lectionnaire (f. 1r) in France in the 18th century (Quaritch).
Sold at auction at Christie's, 2 June 1999, lot 33.
Offered at auction at Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 34.
Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 1348 (2007), no. 11.
Laon?, France
Written in northern France, probably Laon, ca. 1100.
Latin
Rebound and given the title Lectionnaire
Sold at auction at Christie's, 2 June 1999, lot 33.
Offered at auction at Sotheby's, 7 December 2004, lot 34.
Sold by Bernard Quaritch Ltd., cat. 1348
The Book of Psalms with extensive, mostly unattributed, interlinear and marginal glosses, followed by canticles with glosses.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in a late Carolingian minuscule; opening words of psalms and some headings in glosses in majuscules.
Large (three-quarters page) opening initial (f. 1v) added ca. 1250, divided brown and red with penwork infill and surround in brown and red; initials and versal capitals added to early pages (ff. 2-16) in red, probably 13th c., otherwise left blank.
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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