Accession number
MS M.756
Object title
Cuerden psalter.
Created
Oxford, England, ca. 1270.
Binding
17th-century English calf, gilt, in red morocco gold-tooled case.
Credit line
Purchased in 1929.
Description
241 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 293 x 198 mm
Provenance
Margaret Nowell (d. Dec. 10, 1536; noted in calendar); owned by Peter Brooke of Astley, Lancaster, ca. 1750 (bookplate on inside cover); Robert Townley Parker (bookplate on inside cover); Capt. Reginald Arthur Tatton (armorial bookplate on inside cover); Lady Moira Bathurst; purchased from Lady Bathurst in 1929.
Notes
Ms. psalter; written and illuminated in Oxford, England, ca. 1270.
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature, 7 full-page miniatures with compartments, 8 large and 178 small historiated initials, 23 calendar illustrations.
"The style is English with some French influence, and closely resembles that of the Bible of William of Devon in the British Museum (Royal MS. I.D.1) and a smaller Book of Hours also in the British Museum (Egerton MS. 1151). In the opinion of Dr. E.G. Millar, all three manuscripts were executed at the same place in approximately the same period."--Morgan files.
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature, 7 full-page miniatures with compartments, 8 large and 178 small historiated initials, 23 calendar illustrations.
"The style is English with some French influence, and closely resembles that of the Bible of William of Devon in the British Museum (Royal MS. I.D.1) and a smaller Book of Hours also in the British Museum (Egerton MS. 1151). In the opinion of Dr. E.G. Millar, all three manuscripts were executed at the same place in approximately the same period."--Morgan files.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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