Ms. codex. In Latin. Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based primarily on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis. Title devised by cataloger. Secundo folio: v c vii [7 February, i.e. VII Ides Collation: Parchment, fol. 180 + i ; 1-1310 148 15-1710 188 194 ; modern pencil foliation in arabic numerals, upper outer corner of each recto, to fol. 150 only. Layout: 1 column, 20 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind. Script: Written in a gothic cursive in black ink with red rubrics. Decoration: Fol. 1 (Ps. 1): 9-line initial in green on gold with foliate border. Binding: Original blind-stamped panelled calf over boards, straps lacking, bronze clasps (possibly later), rebacked, 9 tawed leather tabs along outer edge of bookblock; stored in cloth case with "Psalterium" and shelf number on spine label. Origin: Written in Germany, possibly Bamberg, in the third quarter of the fifteenth century, certainly after 1455 (the canonization of Vincent Ferrer). Provenance: In addition to Vincent Ferrer, the calendar includes typical Dominican feastdays in red such as Thomas Aquinas (7 March and his Translation on 28 January), Peter Martyr (29 April and Translation on 7 May), and Dominic (5 August and Translation on 24 May). Bamberg use is suggested by the inclusion of Emperor Henry (12 July, in red). Sold at Sotheby's London on 28 July 1902, lot 96... Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL from Laurence Witten in 1987. Call number: MS q Med.245.
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