Written in an early gothic minuscule hand in black ink in 2 columns, 52 lines per column. Large decorated initial letters in various colors mark the opening of each Psalm. Smaller initials are in red or blue. From internal evidence, probably written in Germany. Probably the last volume of an original 3-volume set. Marginal numbers i, ii, iii indicate the opening words of lections at matins. There are extensive corrections in later hands. Single leaves are wanting before f. 1 and after f. 56. Some leaves are misbound, the correct order being 1-6, 9-56, 59, 8, 57, 58, 68-156, 60-67, 157-178 (according to old cataloging). Bound in 19th-century blind-stamped brown calf over wooden boards, rebacked. In a tray case, 52 cm. Bateman of Middleton Hall, Derbyshire (bookplate; "Bateman heirlooms" sale, Sothebys 25 May 1893, lot 233); William Morris (bookplate; his sale, Sothebys 5 Dec. 1898, lot 148); Laurence Hodson of Compton Hall (bookplate; his sale, Sothebys 3 Dec. 1906, lot 28); Sir A. Chester Beatty (spine label "W.MS.V" = MS 129; his sale, Sothebys 24 June 1969, lot 45). Bequest of Philip Hofer, 1984.
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