Ms. psalter-hours, including the Hours of the Virgin; written and illuminated in Swabia, southern Germany, probably in Salem, mid 13th century; converted to the use of Rome in the 14th century.
150 folios; one column of 20 lines; one full-page initial. Fol. 1r: Hymns, Eterne rerum conditor, Lucix creator optime (in 14th-century hand, with some musical notation); fols. 1v-130v: Psalter and Canticles (end lacking); fol. 131r: Nicene creed (beginning lacking); fols. 131r-133r: Athanasian creed; fols. 133r-135v: Litany (written in a 14th-century litany over the original 13th-century text); fols. 135v-139v: Collects and prayers (written in a 14th-century litany over the original 13th-century text, except for 136r-137v which have no palimpsest); fols. 140r-150r: Hours of the Virgin, fragmentary (fols. 143r-149v written in a 14th-century litany over the original 13th-century text except for lower portion of 147r; end lacking).
The litany was converted to Franciscan use in the 14th century and the Hours of the Virgin converted to use of Rome also in the 14th century.
Decoration: 1 full-page illuminated initial in the French style.
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Psalter-Hours
Accession number:
MS M.424
Title:
Psalter-Hours
Created:
Swabia, southern Germany, probably in Salem, mid 13th century.
Binding:
German 15th-century deerskin over boards; leather thong and clasp.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description:
150 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 220 x 150 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin and German
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