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Philippus Cancellarius, Summa super Psalterium

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Toronto, ON, The Robertson Davies Library at Massey College, Gurney FF 0001

Andreea Marin, Robertson Davies Library 2024 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Philippus Cancellarius, Summa super Psalterium
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Script, Hands

Praegothica
General Remarks

Note from Otto Ege:

This text is from a special arrangment of the Psalms. Several Church Fathers made their own groupings for the Scriptures. Of these so-called "chains" the most famous is that of St. Thomas Aquinas. The author of the arrangement represented by this leaf is unknown.

The scribe of the 12th century often came close to achieving perfection. The symmetry of his letters, the unerring accuracy of his practiced hand, and his ideals for letter forms have rarely been equaled and have never been surpassed. The words which were inserted in the margin are not corrections but were added as guides to the content of the page.

Dating and script description comes from Scott Gwara. 

Original Condition

Page Height 212 mm
Page Width 150 mm
Height of Written Area 155 mm
Width of Written Area 44 – 82 mm
Number of Columns 1
Width of Columns 44 – 82 mm
Number of Lines 33
Line Height 3 mm
Ruling Yes

Current Condition

Dimensions 212 x 150 mm
More about the Current Condition

There are no illuminationss or decorations. Text is highly abbreviated. The vellum is very yellowed, brittle, and hard, with lining in ink and brown ink for the text.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Content Description

      Manuscript contains commentaries on the Psalms by Philip the Chancellor and John Halgren of Abbeville and an alphabetical index

Bibliography

  • Brecht, Ariel. MS. Ege 4: A Preacher’s Companion. 2021. University of Saskatchewan, PhD dissertation.

    Gwara, Scott. Otto Ege’s Manuscripts : A Study of Ege’s Manuscript Collections, Portfolios, and Retail Trade : With a Comprehensive Handlist of Manuscripts Collected or Sold. De Brailes Publishing, 2013.

    Liu, Yin, and Ariel Brecht. “Leaf 4 in Otto Ege’s Fifty Original Leaves Portfolio—A New Identification: Sermons by Philip the Chancellor (With a Partial Handlist of Sermons on Leaf 4 from Various Collections).” Florilegium (Ottawa), vol. 33, 2016, pp. 167–91, https://doi.org/10.3138/flor.33.008.
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