Psalter
Psalm 49:6-21
F-a2ke
General Information
Northern gothica textualis formata (second half 14th century)
Manuscript is part of the same original manuscript as Oudenaarde, Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Handschriften en Zeldzame Drukken, nr. 20-4 (F-vzd3 on Fragmentarium), Stadsarchief Oudenaarde, Perkamenten nr. 56 c, fragm. 1 (F-0eng on Fragmentarium), Perkamenten nr. 56 c, fragm. 3 (F-6xfb on Fragmentarium), Perkamenten nr. 56 y (F-tg8m on Fragmentarium) and Oud Archief stad Oudenaarde, nr. 877/H/9 (in situ fragment, F-a2ke on Fragmentarium).
Original Condition
Fragment formed the inner bifolium of its quire.
Current Condition
There are no stiff boards. The binding consists of a thick leather cover onto which parchment leaves have been pasted on the inside. This leaf has been pasted onto the inside of the lower cover. Only one side of the double-leaf is visible. Leather strap is bound to fol. [2], making part of it impossible to read.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Pen-flourished initials, alternating red with blue penwork and blue with red penwork; line fillers in red and blue.
Content
- Content Item
Host Volume
Fragment was used as lower pastedown. Another fragment from the same manuscript was used as the host volume's upper pastedown; however, this leaf has been removed from the manuscript, with only the offset remaining (F-85pt on Fragmentarium). This leaf was bound in a binding in the 19th century alongside four different leaves from the same psalter (F-vzd3 on Fragmentarium), it is the fifth leaf in this binding.