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Psalter

Psalm 108:8-23

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Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 810 II

Fergus Bovill (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

The digitisation and analysis of this fragment was generously supported by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

General Information

Title Psalter
Shelfmarks Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 810 II
Page/Folio Reference front pastedown
Material Parchment
Date of Origin second half, 12th century
Script, Hands

A proto-Gothic script written in a single hand. 

Original Condition

Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines at least 23
Line Height 5 – 8 mm
Ruling not visible

Current Condition

Extent 1 partial leaf
Dimensions 145 x 97 mm
More about the Current Condition

The leaf has been detached, trimmed and repurposed as a pastedown at the front of the host volume. The dorse is not accessible. 

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The parchment is stained and the text faded in places. There is evidence of wood worm damage. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One-line red penwork initials marking new Psalm verses. 

Content

  • Content Item
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Psalms
    • Content Description

      A leaf from a Psalter: Psalm 108:8-23. 

    • front pastedown

History

Persons and Institutions The host volume belonged to the nearby Kartause Ittingen outside of Frauenfeld, Switzerland.

Host Volume

Title Thomas a Kempis, Meditationes de vita et beneficiis Jesu Christi, sive Gratiarum actiones
Date of Origin/Publication before 1489
Place of Origin/Publication Basel
Shelfmark Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 810 II
Persons Johann Amerbach and Johann Petri
Remarks

15th-/16th-century dark brown stamped leather binding over wooden boards. 

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A leaf from a Breviary is used as a pastedown at the back of the host volume: Frauenfeld, Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau, X 810, back pastedown. 

Bibliography

  • On the host volume:

    Luginbühl, Marianne and Heinz Bothien. Meisterwerke des Frühen Buchdrucks: Die Inkunabel-Schätze der Kantonsbibliothek Thurgau aus den Klöstern von Ittingen, Fischingen und Kreuzlingen. Frauenfeld: Verlag Huber, 2011, p. 559.

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