Accession number:
MS M.114
Title:
Psalter
Created:
Hildesheim, Germany, 14th cent.
Binding:
Brown morocco with gilt clasps by Rivière, in blue morocco case.
Credit:
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.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and Low German
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