Provenance: Fragment from a compilation of Psalms and Gospel readings transcribed by Pietro Ursuleo (d. 1483), Bishop of Satriano from 1474 until his appointment as Archbishop of Santa Severina on 22 February 1483, shortly before his death in April of that year.

This leaf was acquired by the State Library of South Australia in 1986 from Maggs Bros, Catalogue 1059 Papyrus to Paper: Papyri, illuminated initials and leaves, paleographical specimens, Books of Hours and other manuscripts, London, [undated] c. 1985.

The parent manuscript is thought to have belonged to the library of Sir John Boykett Jarman (1782–1864), dispersed at auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge on 13–14 June 1864 (lot 161). The manuscript later passed to the London bookseller James Tregaskis (1850–1926), who offered it for sale in 1912–13 (catalogues 717, 720, and 743). By 1916, the manuscript had been dismembered, and its leaves were offered for sale individually (catalogue 777), resulting in their subsequent dispersal to collections worldwide.

Contents: The fragment preserves part of the Litany of Saints, comprising invocations seeking the intercession of the Virgin Mary, angels, selected patriarchs, prophets, apostles, evangelists, martyrs and confessors.

A sister manuscript copied by Pietro Ursuleo (Cambridge: Trinity College, MS. O.7.46) provides a useful model for comparison. Refer to my attached transcription. The section of the litany preserved in the Adelaide fragment is identical to that of the Trinity College manuscript. It is notable that both litanies should reflect closely similar devotional interests. 

Decoration: Versal initials (1-line) alternate between red with violet pen flourishing and blue with rose pen flourishing.

Reconstruction: This leaf forms part of an ongoing digital reconstruction of the dispersed manuscript. Additional identified fragments may be viewed, and further fragments contributed, through Fragmentarium (F-tqtn).