Harvard University, MS Lat 394

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10752

Shelfmark:

MS Lat 394

Title:

Psalter with canticles

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Date:

ca. 1300

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

In Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 33 leaves, bound : vellum ; 31 cm. +

Former Owner(s):

Moss, William E

William E. Moss WIKIDATA

Starkie, K. B

K. B. Starkie WIKIDATA

Whitby Abbey (Whitby, England)

Whitby Abbey WIKIDATA

Note:

Ff. 1-28 are written in a gothic book-hand in brown ink in long lines. Initial letters of verses are alternately in blue and burnished gold, with pen-work decoration. Major initials are in colors and illuminated with vine ornaments and birds, mostly perched in the margin. Line-fillers are in blue, red, and gold. On f. 2r (only) they have zoomorphic illumination.
To judge from the style, the main ms. was written in England. The litany names English saints, but also some from Poitiers. For details see curatorial file.
Ff. 29-33 are written in an archaizing gothic script. A contemporary note by T. W. (perhaps Thomas Wilson) on f. 31v is datable to 1750-1755.
Bound in 19th-century green velvet with a silver clasp and plate of ownership on the front.
Shelved as 2 vols., each in a protective case. V.1 is the manuscript, 32 cm., and v. 2 is the 19th-cent. tray case from which the ms. has been removed. This is of tan leather with green velvet inlays, cloth lining, and a brass clasp, 33 cm.
Whitby Abbey ("Abbatia de Whitby in Com. Ebor.", f. 28v); K. B. Starkie (silver plate on front board); William E. Moss (bookplate inside front board).
Purchased with the Samuel C. Butler 50th Reunion, Henry Saltonstall Howe, and Helmut N. Friedlaender funds, 2006.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098903280203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:45914739

Holding Institution:

Harvard University