Accession number
MS M.313
Object title
Psalter and hymnal (MS M.313).
Created
France, probably Paris, 1220-1230.
Binding
Rebound in 1920 in red velvet by Marguerite Duprez Lahey; in slip case lettered: Psalter - French - XIII-XV cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
157 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 213 x 140 mm
Provenance
In the 14th century the manuscript was in the Piedmont and belonged to a lady descendant of Aluysia de Ceva (fl. 1293), wife of Thomas I, marquis of Saluzzo, lord in Sardinia (her obituary entered on Aug. 21); 18th-century Italian library shelfmark, C VI 212 (bookplate pasted on fol. 158v, same plate in Pierpont Morgan Library MS M.312, M.319, and M.320); owned (ca. 1900) by the Principe di Baucina at Palermo; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Canessa in 1910 (De Ricci says obtained in Italy in 1910; inside back cover of MS has penciled in: Imbert? 1910); J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. psalter-hymnal; written and illuminated in France, probably in Paris, between 1220 and 1230; the faces in the miniatures were repainted ca. 1340, perhaps in the Piedmont by a North Italian artist.
Decoration: 7 full-page miniatures; 1 full-page and 13 large historiated initials.
Artist: Magister Alexander.
Textiles: red velvet binding.
Decoration: 7 full-page miniatures; 1 full-page and 13 large historiated initials.
Artist: Magister Alexander.
Textiles: red velvet binding.
Contents
fols. 1r-6v: Calendar -- fols. 7v-13v: Miniatures -- fols. 14v-123v: Ferial Psalter of ten-partite division -- fols. 124r-130r: Canticles -- fols. 130r-132v: Litany -- fols. 133r-133v: Canticle of the Three Hebrews (Vulg., Daniel 3:52-88) -- fols. 134r-157v: Hymnal.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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