Title supplied by cataloger. Peter of Poitiers' Distinctiones super psalterium and an anonymous collection of distinctions written in England in the opening years of the thirteenth century. Span folios: ff. 1-89v. Support: Parchment. Layout: 18(+9) 2-118, signed on last leaf verso at 2 different times in roman numerals, I-VIII; occasional catchwords. 44-45 (art. 1) and 38-39 (art. 2) long lines. Ruled in lead point and brown crayon; double bounding lines; art. 1 in 2 columns of ca. 28 mm. width for the lemmata and ca. 110 mm. for the text. Prickings visible in outer margins; in... Decoration: Plain initials in red, occasionally in blue or with blue penwork. Art. 1: distinctions noted in red in schematized form in the left margin, except for ff. 18v-20, 49v-65v, where they are left unfinished. Art. 2: f. 66, 3-line initials alternating in grey-blue, ochre and green. On ff. 74, 82-84, 2- and 1-line initials alternating in red and green; on ff. 74v-75, mainly in green, the... Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 8/23/2012. Inside the front cover, "P:B:" and "Ms. No 216." Belonged to Thomas Mostyn, with his armorial bookplate and signature, the date 1744, and the number 75 on f. ii; many of the Mostyn manuscripts were collected by Sir Thomas Mostyn (1535-1617). Mostyn shelfmark in pencil on inside front cover, "H/4 C." Mostyn sale, Sotheby's, 13 July 1902, lot 31. Sotheby's, 11 July 1978, lot 39 to the Huntington...
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