Glossed Psalter

Psalm 118:64–72

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Victoria, B.C., University of Victoria Libraries, Fragm.Lat.24

General Information

Title Glossed Psalter
Shelfmarks Fragm.Lat.24
Material Parchment
Place of Origin Southern Italy
Date of Origin 1175–1200
Script, Hands

Praegothica with some Beneventan features (e.g., the form of the quia abbreviation); a second (possibly later) hand has done the interlinear glosses (per consultation with Erik Kwakkel, June 2022).

General Remarks

Leaf from a late twelfth-century glossed psalter. Commentary leans heavily on Peter Lombard; interlinear notes match those in the Glossa ordinaria.

Original Condition

Page Height 260 mm
Page Width 170 mm
Ruling Dry point

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 260 x 170 mm
More about the Current Condition

Hair follicles visible on the recto and some use-related staining at leaf’s edge (suggesting a well-thumbed original book). Though inner edge appears partially trimmed, indentations show where the leaf was once attached to the binding supports of a codex. Ink is dark brown; verso shows ink faded to light brown (typical of oak gall ink). Dry point ruling of columns and pricking visible on both sides.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Content Description

      Commentary shows extensive use (in abbreviated forms and paraphrases) of Peter Lombard’s Commentarius in psalmos (Commentary on the Psalms). Interlinear glossing matches the Glossa ordinaria.

    • recto
    • Glosses and Additions Interlinear glosses in second hand

History

Provenance

Purchased from Phllip J. Pirages for University of Victoria’s Special Collections and University Archives, with the Special Collections Department Fund, in 2017 (accession January 24, 2017).