Penitential psalms, Office of the Dead, Use of Sarum — 15th century, middle; English
MS. Lyell 24
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Penitential psalms, Office of the Dead, Use of Sarum — 15th century, middle; English
Shelfmark
MS. Lyell 24
Place of origin
English
Date
15th century, middle
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
2 + 98 + 2 fol.
Decoration
On fols. 1r, 8v, 26v, 65r, painted foliate initials in pink, blue, green, and mauve on gold backgrounds, joined to gold bar borders, with coloured foliate decoration and sprays of tiny leaves, which frame the text. Other initials in blue flourished in red. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 1046)
Musical notation
Notation on staves (see van Dijk 1957).
Acquisition
Chosen as one of the hundred manuscripts bequeathed to the Bodleian by Lyell in 1948.
Provenance
James P. R. Lyell, 1871–1948
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