Accession number
MS M.134
Object title
Psalter (MS M.134).
Display Date
between 1450 and 1475.
Created
England, between 1450 and 1475.
Binding
English 17th-century tan calf, on back 5 pelicans in piety, lettered: Roman Psalter; in tan cloth case lettered: Psalter - English (St. Albans) - XV cent.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
122 leaves (1 column, 24 lines), bound : vellum, ill. 210 x 150 mm
Provenance
Inscriptions on fol. 3 mention early owners: Robert Swaynson, 15th century; John Sibley of St. Albans, after 1559; Nicolas Rand, before 1588; John Rande of Rowell, 1588-1618; John Rand, son of the preceding, 1624; on fol. 119: Mrs. Frances Rand, 1669; John Lamb, ca. 1680; Jonathan Wicks of Tilbury, before 1716; Thomas Earle, vicar of Malmesbury, 1716; Elizabeth Partner (Parker?), ca. 1830; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. psalter; calendar for Sarum; written and decorated in England, 1450-1475.
Decoration: 1 floriated border, 10 decorated initials.
Decoration: 1 floriated border, 10 decorated initials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
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