Ms. codex. In Latin. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Secundo folio: sunt qui tribulant me. Collation: Parchment, fol. ii (later paper) + 201 + ii (later paper) ; 18−1 2-38 48−1 5-178 188−1 19-228 236 248 256 268 (lacking singles leaves before fol. 1, 30, and 137 (the initials of Psalms 1, 26 and 109)) ; ca. 18th-century arabic signatures in black ink in far lower right corner, final verso of each quire, probably contemporary with binding. Modern pencil arabic foliation, upper outer... Layout: Single column, 16 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind or light plummet. Script: Written in a gothic bookhand in black ink, with red rubrics (on fol. 201 only). Decoration (primary): Eight-line historiated initials in gold and colors at major divisions (lacking leaves with the initials for Psalms 1, 26 and 109), all but that on fol. 57v with early linen guards sewn on (Ps. 101, which should begin with a historiated initial, does not), six extant: fol. 40 (Ps. 38): Christ and David conversin -- fol. 56v (Ps. 51): Doeg the Edomite, wearing a tunic over... Decoration (secondary): Versal initials alternate one-line blue with red filigree or gold with blue. Psalms begin with two-line initials in gold filled with salmon on blue (or blue on salmon) with white filigree highlighting, some with pale green. Marginal animals and grotesques throughout, above, under or next to most Psalm incipits. Line fillers comprised of blue and red or gold and blue, or... Binding: Ca. 18th-century calf over pasteboard, gilt-fillet border, edges and spine, blind-stamped central panel on upper and lower covers, modern vellum pastedowns and conjugate flyleaves followed by paper flyleaf contemporary with binding. Origin: Written in Northern France in the second half of the 13th century. The litany includes numerous saints of import in Cambrai and Tournai, such as: Firminus of Amiens, Mauritius of Amiens, Nicasius of Reims, Gaugericus of Cambrai, Aubertus, Amatus, Gislenus, Aycardus (of singular import in Cambrai), Bertinus, Iudocus, Aldegundis, Rictrudis and Eusebia. Provenance: Effaced inscription on fol. 201v not legible under ultra-violet light. French pencil notes on the contents, second flyleaf. Collation in English inside back cover, probably contemporary with price of £550 on front flyleaf. Sold Sotheby's London 16 May 1955, lot 86 (SDBM 4317). Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by the BPL from Quaritch in 1957 (SDBM 57074). Call number: MS q Med.161. Former call number: MS 1586. Bibliography: Nancy Netzer, ed., Secular/Sacred 11th-16th Century Works from the Boston Public Library and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Boston College, 2006), no. 12.
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