[Psalterium]
Description
Decoration: initials in gold on halved blue and red grounds patterned with white penwork. The initials extend into bar borders, usually along one side only, with further decoration in the margings in designs of flowers, leaves, beasts, and simple gold balls. Written in textualis semi-quadrata; some minims have applied feet, but most are rounded off. Principal contents: ff. 2r-10v Calendar; ff. 14r-180r Psalter; ff. 180r-194v Six ferial canticles; ff. 194v-207r Litany; ff. 207r-272r Communion of Saints; ff. 272v-287r Hymns. From the library of Lord Brotherton. See for a fuller description: N. R. Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, vol. 3 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1983) pp. 58-60.
Metadata
| Identifier | vwyn6ts5 |
| IRN | 372702 |
| Class Mark | BC MS 24 |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/vwyn6ts5 |
| Collection(s) | Medieval Manuscripts |
| Category | Archive Print |
| Parent Record | Medieval Manuscripts (Brotherton Collection) |
| Date | [ca. 1450-1500] |
| Size and Medium | 1 v. (i, 287, i leaves) (2 columns, 24-26 lines; frame ruled) |