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Title

Psalter — 13th century, second half; English

Shelfmark

MS. Auct. D. 4. 5

Place of origin

English

Date

13th century, second half

Language

Latin

Psalter

2. (fols. 99–104, and 107) (1) an account by dr. Thomas Gascoigne of the execution of Richard Scrope, archbishop of York, on June 8, 1405 (wanting one leaf at beginning), corrected by Gascoigne himself, who has added (2) a lament over the election of John Stafford as archbishop of Canterbury in 1443, and (3) a note on the nobles killed at the battle of St. Albans in 1455, all in Latin: the whole of these nine leaves are printed in J. E. Thorold Rogers' Loci e libro Veritatum Thomae Gascoigne (Oxford, 1881). Gascoigne has also written notes on the Psalter.

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

ii + 108 leaves

Decoration

Illuminated capitals.

Acquisition

Both manuscripts presented by dr. John Lloyd in 1602.

Provenance

Companion volume to MS. Bodl. Or. 621, Hebrew Psalter, which contains (fol. 1v) the inscription Hic 'incipit Psalterium hebraicum & debet legi modo retrogrado. quod magister T. Gascoygne anno Christi 1432' (last figure of date doubtful).

'Liber Ro: Talbot', ibid., 16th cent.

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