Accession number
MS M.114
Object title
Psalter (MS M.114).
Created
Hildesheim, Germany, 14th cent.
Binding
Brown morocco with gilt clasps by Rivière, in blue morocco case.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
266 leaves (1 column, 17 lines), bound : vellum and paper, ill. ; 120 x 90 mm
Provenance
Made in the 14th century for the convent of St. Magdalen, Hildesheim; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Pearson in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. psalter for Augustinian use; calendar for Hildesheim; written and illuminated in Hildesheim, Germany, in the 14th century; fol. 223-266 are prayers in Low German, and other texts in Latin, and music written on paper in the 15th century.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures, 9 historiated initials.
Decoration: 2 full-page miniatures, 9 historiated initials.
Contents
fols. 1r-12v: Calendar -- fols. 14r-16v: Hymn, Pro fidei meritis -- fols. 18r-206v: Psalter -- fols. 206v-213r: Canticles and Hymns -- fols. 213r-215v: Litany -- fols. 215v-221r: Office of the Dead -- fols. 221v-222v: Prayers in Low German -- fols. 223r-251v: Penitential Prayers (added 15c.) -- fols. 251v-261v: In festo sancte Trinitas -- fols. 261v-264r: De IX decem mille militibus -- fols. 264r-266r: Prayers.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and Low German
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