Leaf of a psalter
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Montreal, McGill Library Rare Books and Special Collections, MS Medieval 0207
Anna de Bakker, DACT, 2024 (Born Digital)
General Information
Title Leaf of a psalter
Shelfmarks MS Medieval 0207
Material Parchment
Place of Origin England?
Script, Hands
Northern Textualis with some English characteristics.
Original Condition
Page Height at least 220 mm
Page Width at least 145 mm
Height of Written Area at least 150 mm
Width of Written Area at least 90 mm
Number of Columns 1
Number of Lines 24 – 25
Ruling Ruling in dilute ink. Rulings marking out main writing area extend into margins.
Numbering
Modern 818 (in pencil) in lower right corner of recto.
Current Condition
Extent 1 leaf
Dimensions 220 x 145 mm
More about the Current Condition
Large blotch on upper margin of verso; visible sewing gaps on inside margin.
Book Decoration and Musical Notation
Description
From McGill's catalog: "alternating red and blue verse initials throughout ; one two-line inititial (A) on recto and one two-line initial (P) on verso, each in blue ink and surrounded by red-ink line decorations that partially extend up and down the left side of the text column."
None
Bibliography
Holland, Anne Marie, compiler. "MS Medieval 207". Long Descriptions Ms Medieval Manuscript Antiphonals, Missals and Graduals. Digitization and Cataloguing Project- Antiphonals, Missals and Gradual. Updated December 6, 2018, 27.