Western Michigan University, WMU MS 192

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS6389

Shelfmark:

WMU MS 192

Title:

Psalter in Latin

Author:

Catholic Church

Catholic Church WIKIDATA

Place:

Belgium?

Belgium TGN

Date:

between 1450 and 1460

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

lat

Latin WIKIDATA

fre

French WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 224 leaves : parchment, 132 x 95 mm

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Decoration: 17 lines, 1-line verse initials alternating in red and blue, 2-line gold intials infilled in blue and red with white highlights on contrasting grounds, Eight illuminated initials with full borders including seven 5-line and one 6-line (the opening Beatus vir") initials in blue or pink highlighted in white, in-filled with vine scrolls on burnished gold grounds from which spring...
Collation: i6, ii-xxviii8, xxi2
Foliation: iv (paper) + 224 + iv (paper) folios on paper, modern foliation in pencil
Written and illuminated in Bruges in the middle of the fifteenth century, c. 1450-1460, as indicated by the evidence of the calendar, litany and style of decoration. The inclusion of St. Donatian, the patron saint of Bruges in red on 14 October confirms the localization of the manuscript in Bruges. The litanies include St. Basil of Bruges, as well as other saints venerated in the Low Countries...

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Illumination of books and manuscripts

Manuscripts, Latin

Devotional calendars

Psalters

decorated initials

Catholic Church

Institutional Record:

https://primo-pmtna01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/4dvb3u/01WMU_ALMA21306294980002436

IIIF Manifest:

https://luna.library.wmich.edu/luna/servlet/iiif/m/WMUwmu~77~77~1222637~162549/manifest

Holding Institution:

Western Michigan University