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Choir psalter gatherings Ms. Oversize 33
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
Manuscript Overview
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Abstract

A section (5 gatherings) from the middle of a choir psalter containing a number of psalms (part of 67 and all of 71, 74-75, 80, 83-86, 88, 90-91, 94-98, and 102-103) in order for liturgical use, followed by the first half of the hymn Te Deum with square notation in black on 5-line staves in red. Some water damage at the top of most leaves and some repairs, with replaced text in another hand, at the bottom of leaves.

Physical Description

Support: parchment; Extent: 40 leaves : 690 x 510 (625 x 370) mm; Collation: Parchment, 40; 1¹ 2-4⁸ 5⁸(-8); modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.

Layout

Psalms written in 15 long lines; Te Deum written in 5 lines with musical notation; psalm texts originally ruled in lead, ornamental double bounding lines and ruling in red ink added after the text was written.

Script

Written in a rounded Gothic script.

Notes

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.

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Keywords
16th century
Spain
Spanish
Song book
Psalter
Liturgy
Christian
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts

Place of Origin

Spain

Date

Written in Spain in the 16th century.

Binding

Gatherings stitched to 6 bands but without binding; some of the penwork was trimmed for binding.

Language

Latin

Provenance

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 December 1978, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg; LJS 291 in the Schoenberg collection.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2009.

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Place of Origin

Spain

Date

Written in Spain in the 16th century.

Language

Latin

Provenance

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 5 December 1978, lot 59, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg; LJS 291 in the Schoenberg collection.

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2009.

Manuscript Overview

Abstract

A section (5 gatherings) from the middle of a choir psalter containing a number of psalms (part of 67 and all of 71, 74-75, 80, 83-86, 88, 90-91, 94-98, and 102-103) in order for liturgical use, followed by the first half of the hymn Te Deum with square notation in black on 5-line staves in red. Some water damage at the top of most leaves and some repairs, with replaced text in another hand, at the bottom of leaves.

Notes

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Script note

Written in a rounded Gothic script.

References
Binding Images

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.

Spine

Keywords
16th century
Spain
Spanish
Song book
Psalter
Liturgy
Christian
University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts
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