Accession number
MS M.1223.1-2
Object title
Two leaves from a glossed Psalter.
Created
Italy, late 12th century
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Virginia M. Schirrmeister, with additional support from William M. Voelkle, 2021.
Description
2 folios (3 columns) : vellum ; M.1223.1: 265 x 177 mm (10 3/8 x 7 inches); M.1223.2: 276 x 176 mm (11 x 7 inches)
Provenance
Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 28-30 October 2020 (sale 201), lot 62 (both leaves); bought from Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Manuscripts, McMinnville, OR, Catalogue 78 (New Acquisitions), nos. 7, 8 (respectively) in 2021.
Notes
These two leaves represent the only examples of a glossed Psalter in the department.
M.1223.1 contains, on its recto, the end of the glossed Psalm 25 and, on its verso, the start of the glossed Psalm 26. M.1223.2 contains, on its recto, part of the glossed Psalm 117 and, on its verso, the end of Psalm 117 and the start of the glossed Psalm 118.
M.1223.1 has an illuminated foliate initial "D" (in Psalters with eight divisions, Psalm 26 marks the second division). M.1223.2 has a red initial "B."
Related to: Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 27-28 April 2021 (sale 203), lot 180 (two sister leaves); Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 26 October 2021 (sale 205), lot 148 (two sister leaves; bought by Pirages, Catalogue 79 [Fall 2021], nos. 3 and 4); Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 26-28 April 2022 (sale 209), lot 171 (two sister leaves).
M.1223.1 contains, on its recto, the end of the glossed Psalm 25 and, on its verso, the start of the glossed Psalm 26. M.1223.2 contains, on its recto, part of the glossed Psalm 117 and, on its verso, the end of Psalm 117 and the start of the glossed Psalm 118.
M.1223.1 has an illuminated foliate initial "D" (in Psalters with eight divisions, Psalm 26 marks the second division). M.1223.2 has a red initial "B."
Related to: Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 27-28 April 2021 (sale 203), lot 180 (two sister leaves); Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 26 October 2021 (sale 205), lot 148 (two sister leaves; bought by Pirages, Catalogue 79 [Fall 2021], nos. 3 and 4); Königstein im Taunus, Reiss & Sohn, 26-28 April 2022 (sale 209), lot 171 (two sister leaves).
Script
The main script is protogothic: littera minuscula protogothica textualis documentaria formata; the gloss is a smaller version of that script: littera minuscula protogothica glossularis media.
Language
Latin
Century
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