Indiana University Bloomington, Ricketts 24

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DS ID:

DS548

Shelfmark:

Ricketts 24

Title:

Psalter
Rhyming verse
Psalter of the Virgin

Author:

Anselm of Canterbury

Anselm of Canterbury WIKIDATA

Edmund of Abingdon

Edmund of Abingdon WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

s. XIII(med); 1240-1260

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

s. XIV(3/4); 1350-1375

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Bound in modern calf preserving parts of sides and spine of early sixteenth-century blind-stamped leather including repeated quatrefoils within lozenges; in a brown cloth case.
Figurative details, ff 1-152: 2-line illuminated initials for psalms. Eight historiated initials in the first part, mostly 7-line, showing Samuel anointing David (fol. 21v, Dominus illuminatio, psalm 26), David pointing to his mouth (fol. 35r, Dixi custodiam, psalm 38), the fool with his club and bauble (fol. 47v, Dixit insipiens, psalm 52), David in the water praying to God above (fol. 60r...
Other decoration, ff 1-152: Red and blue versal initials throughout.
Script, ff 1-152: Gothic Textura.
Layout, ff 1-152: Fols. 1–152 (quires i–xix), c. 1250, with two leaves replaced) Collation: (a) i–xiii#^8#, xiv#^7+1# [of 8, lacking iii, replaced c. 1360, fol. 107], xv#^7+1# [of 8, lacking viii, replaced c. 1360, fol. 120], xv–xix#^8#. Ruled in plummet, 19 lines, written-space 72 mm. by 53 mm., beginning below top ruled line.
Figurative details, ff. 153-201: 2 larger illuminated initials,fols. 174v and 190v, by the same hand which erased the original initial on fol. 1r and replaced it with a 14-line Beatus initial in gothic style enclosing David and Goliath in the upper compartment.
Other decoration, ff. 153-201: Red and blue versal initials throughout.
Script, ff. 153-201: Gothic Textura.
Layout, ff. 153-201: Collation: xx#^7# [of 8, lacking iii, a leaf after fol. 154], xxi–xxv#^8#, xxvi#^4#, with horizontal catchwords. Ruled apparently in ink, 19 lines also, written-space 73 mm. by 50 mm.

Former Owner(s):

The Dominican convent of Poissy, on the Seine, near Paris, probably there by c. 1360 and certainly at Poissy by the late fifteenth century; Tregaskis cat. 466 (June 1900), no. 489, cat. 472 (September 1900), no. 601, and cat. 479 (December 1900), no. 623.

Prieuré Saint-Louis de Poissy WIKIDATA

The Dominican convent of Poissy, on the Seine, near Paris, probably there by c. 1360 and certainly at Poissy by the late fifteenth century; Tregaskis cat. 466 (June 1900), no. 489, cat. 472 (September 1900), no. 601, and cat. 479 (December 1900), no. 623.

James & Mary Lee Tregaskis (Firm) WIKIDATA

William Harris Arnold (1854-1924), with his bookplate; his sale, Anderson, New York, 10 November 1924, lot 601; C. L. Ricketts; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

William Harris Arnold WIKIDATA

William Harris Arnold (1854-1924), with his bookplate; his sale, Anderson, New York, 10 November 1924, lot 601; C. L. Ricketts; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

Coella Lindsay Ricketts WIKIDATA

Note:

Manuscript note: The manuscript began life as a relatively straightforward private Psalter of the mid-thirteenth century, with the psalms (fol. 1r), canticles (fol. 136r) and a brief litany (fol. 149v) including invocations of Saints Denis, Remigius, Geneviève, Gertrude and Aldegunda, all consistent with north-eastern France, or possibly Paris. The historiated initials, with a picture for...
Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 621; Naughton 1995, pp. 131, 274, 281 and 293-96 (no. 7) and figs. 92-93.
ff 1-152: Latin.
ff. 153-201: It is likely that the manuscript was supplemented for use by a nun at the Dominican royal convent of Saint-Louis at Poissy, on the Seine, near St-Germain-en-Laye, about 20 miles from Paris. The additions were probably made in Paris, although it is possible that there were nuns at Poissy who were capable of writing and illuminating manuscripts themselves.
ff. 153-201: Latin.
ff. 1-135: Psalms ff. 1r-135v, canticles ff. 136r-148r, litany 149v-152v. Litany includes invocations of Saints Denis, Reigius, Geneviève, Gertrude and Aldegunda, all consistent with north-eastern France, or possibly Paris.
f. 153: Rhyming verses in honor of the Virgin Mary.
Explicit, f. 153: O maria mater pia / O benigna laude digna ….
ff. 154r-174r: Lacking first leaf (after fol. 154), now with cues to psalms 7-150, each followed by a 4-line verse to the Virgin, beginning here "Sint iusta adiutoria" and "Ave nostra advocatrix / Atque vite reparatrix . . ." (Migne, PL, 158: 1037-76, and Dreves 1900, p. 253, no. XVII), commonly ascribed to Anselm of Canterbury.
Explicit, ff. 154r-174r: Suscipe regina celi / Que mente benigna.
ff. 174v-190r: 93 strophes of 4 or 6 lines each, commonly ascribed to Edmund of Abingdon.
Explicit, ff. 174v-190r: Ave lignum excelsum glorie / Secus aquas plantatum gratie.
ff. 190v-203v: includes 93 strophes of 4 or 6 lines each, commonly ascribed to Edmund of Abingdon.
Explicit, ff. 190v-203v: Ave virgo lignum mite/ Que dedisit fructum vite.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Ricketts24_40

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Ricketts24_40/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Indiana University Bloomington