Hubert (d. after 1253) — Multiple dates; English | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

Hubert (d. after 1253) — Multiple dates; English

Shelfmark

MS. Lat. liturg. d. 41

Associated place

London

Place of origin

English

Date

15th century

early 14th century

13th century, end

Language

Middle English (1100-1500)

Latin

Psalter

(fol.1v) Texts on excommunication

(fol.2–3) Hubert (d. after 1253) De vita beati Roberti quondam Lincoln’ episcopi

(fol.138) Canticles, O.T. and N.T.

(fol.148v) Quicumque

(fol.150v–4) Litany and collects

(fol.155) Office of the dead, Use of Sarum (noted)

(fol.162) Confession

(fol.164) Sermon (?) on the Last Judgment

(fol.166v) Rubric: Clausula obligacionis contra N.

(fol.166v) Verses

(fol.167–70) Office of the Dead, further collects

(fol.171v) Verses

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

171 leaves (fol.1–3, 171 are flyleaves)

Decoration

Good borders.

Good historiated initials. (fol. 36v) Ps. 38: David looking up at God (badly rubbed) (fol. 48r) Ps. 51: Saul commiting suicide (?) (fol. 60v) Ps. 68: God above, Jonah in the mouth of the fish below (fol. 76v) Ps. 80: Monk playing bells (fol. 91v) Ps. 97: Monks singing at a lectern

Good other initials.

Penwork line endings.

Binding

Medieval binding. Sewn on seven split alum-tawed cords, laced into wood (beech?) boards with cushioned edges, and covered with tawed skin stained pink (very faded); with traces of two pairs of strap-and-pin fastenings at the fore-edge of the upper board and the middle of the lower board; rebacked; the spine inscribed 'LIBER | PSALMORVM | MS', and '63' towards the bottom; traces of fore-edge painting

Acquisition

Bought at Sotheby's 6 July 1964, lot 231.

Provenance

'Iste liber pertinet ... domus sive hospitalis ... London ... comodavit ... in nativitate S. Kenelmi anno domini millesimo quadringentesimo qu[ ]' (fol. 171)

Monogram incorporating letters E R N O I S (fol. 171, 16th-17th cent.)

Other deleted 16th-17th cent. names on fol. 170v, 171

'Inspexi' on front pastedown (18th cent.)

'63' on spine

Major Charles Fellowes

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