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- [c. 1230x1250]. (Creation)
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v, 171 ff.; the leaf before f. 1, most of f. 41 and a leaf after f. 110 were probably removed for their illumination; two leaves after f. 11 and two after f. 166 are also wanting :Parchment ;173 x 122 mm. (written space 120 x 75 mm.).Re-bound at NLW in 1983 re-using covers of calf binding of seventeenth century with royal Stuart arms, gilt.Some leaves wanting.Some leaves wanting.
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Archival history
On f. 1 the signature of Thomas Winstanley of Brasenose College (DNB). Book-plate of William Carr (1863-1925).
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sotheby's (sold by the executors of Brigadier W. G. Carr (see NLW MS 21878E); London; Purchased at auction, lot 67; 7 December 1982
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Scope and content
The vulgate text of the psalter written in Paris, [c. 1230x1250], by one excellent hand and corrected by two others, one of whom wrote the cancels ff. 145 and 152-3, the other, who corrected one quire only, wrote the cancel f. 134. There are seven 8-line historiated initials, for psalms 26, 51, 52, 68, 80, 101 and 109; leaves now wanting probably bore those for psalms 1, 38 and 97 which would have completed a common sequence of illustrated psalms (cf. R. Branner, Manuscript painting in Paris in the reign of Saint Louis (Berkeley, Los Angeles and London, 1977), p. 20). The initials, in colour on burnished gold ground, and other lavish decoration of the book are of high quality. The figures all appear to be the work of one hand, very close in style to Branner's 'Dominican Group', notably his 'third master' (op. cit., pp. 59-60).
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Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only.
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Latin.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 21877B [RESTRICTED ACCESS].
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This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
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- English