Princeton University, Garrett MS. 35.

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS2237

Shelfmark:

Garrett MS. 35.

Title:

Psalter

Date:

1300

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 188 leaves : parchment, illustrations ; 260 x 181 (190 x 130) mm bound to 268 x 197 mm.

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Prefatory cycle of 13 full-page miniatures, from the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary to the Coronation of the Virgin (fol. 1v-13r), Ferial Canticles and Athanasian Creed followed by prayers (fol. 137v-149v), Litany with petitions and prayers (fol. 149v-155v), De usu psalmorum by Alcuin (fol. 155v-158r), Office of the Dead, use of Sarum (fol. 161r-188v).
Collation: Parchment ; fol. iii (later paper) + 188 + iii (later paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: Parchment ; ff. 14-105v, 107-137v, 140-149v, (185 x 125) mm., single column of 21 lines, ruled 8 mm. apart; ff. 106-106v, 138-139v, (176 x 128) mm., single column of 21 lines, ruled 9 mm; ff. 150-160v, (176 x 128) mm., two columns of 21 lines, ruled 9 mm. apart.
Description: watermarks (later endpapers only: fleur-de-lis).
Decoration: English Gothic miniatures and decoration. 13 full-page miniatures preceding Psalter; 10 historiated initials; 1-5-line decorated initials in gold and various colors; line-endings in gold and blue. Some decoration incorporating animals heads and flora. See the entry in Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 36-38 for a detailed...
Unknown early provenance. Barne Robertes, signature of 16th century, on f. 1r. "LB" and pen-trial on f. 1r. Penned capitals of "ESD: BL" in bottom margin of the ruled page, f. 160v. Modern provenance unknown. Modern penciled note, "P10" in top margin of f. 1r. Robert Garrett purchased the manuscript at an unknown date. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Keyword:

Gold tooled bindings

illuminated manuscripts

historiated initials

Psalters

illuminations (paintings)

decorated initials

Catholic Church

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

New Jersey--Princeton

England

Institutional Record:

https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9940666703506421

IIIF Manifest:

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/8d63796c-5c4b-4d2c-a10c-e5cd86583296/manifest

Holding Institution:

Princeton University