Tripartite psalter; Würzburg, c. 833–842
MS. Laud Lat. 35
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Description
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Title
Tripartite psalter; Würzburg, c. 833–842
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 35
Place of origin
German, Würzburg, St. Kylian ; additions, 11th century
Date
additions, 11th century
c. 832–842
Language
Latin
Old High German (ca. 750-1050)
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ii (modern paper) + i (17th century parchment) + 199 + i (17th century parchment) folios, foliated i*, ii*, i, 1–200.
Hands
Carolingian minuscule by several hands.
Decoration
Initials. (Pächt and Alexander i. 7)
Rubrics.
Musical notation
Neums, adiastematic South German type, accompany some added texts.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Abp. Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
Made for the abbey of St. Kylian, Würzburg, probably under bishop Hunbert (832–42) with a group of other manuscripts commissioned for the abbey by Hunbert.
Würzburg, Domstift St Kilian: 15th-century shelfmark, fol. 2r.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 1r.
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Title
Tripartite psalter:
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 35
Summary
Fols. 1r-9v. Jerome, ep. 106 (fols. 7v-9v added 11th century)
Fol. 10ra. Jerome's prologue
Fol. 10va. Psalter in three columns (Gallican, Roman, and Hebrew); the Gallican text glossed, 9th century
Fol. 199ra. Canticles, Roman and Gallican versions
Date
c. 833–842
Language
German
Latin
Physical extent
200 Leaves
Custodial history
Has its shelfmark Cv. Belonged to St. Kylian's at Würzburg. Manuscript 2649 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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Collection contents
Tripartite psalter:
