The James Catalogue of Western Manuscripts

Shelfmark B.11.27
Manuscript Title

Psalter

Alternative Title

Psalterium

James Number 265
Date Cent. xiii, xiv (cir. 1300).
Century 13th14th
Physical Description

14 lines to a page. Beautifully written, with excellent grotesques: line-fillings of fishes etc. in blue outline.

Provenance

Ex dono Simonis Bland, A.B. 1694. East Anglian

Donor Bland, Simon (c1672-c1770), Alumnus Of Trinity (Matric 1691)
Size (cm) 14 x 9.5
Folio 340 ff.
Binding Newly bound.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

Kal. 6 | 112 (wants l) 210-510 (wants 8) 610 (wants 5)-910? (wants 1, 2, 9) 118 (wants 7) 1210 l310 (wants 10) 148 1510 (wants l) 1610 1710 (wants 1) 1810 (wants 10)-2010 2112 22?8 (wants 3, 7, 8?) 238 248 2512 266 (wants 6?) 278 (wants 1) 2810 (wants 1) 2910 30?10 (wants 3, 5, 6, l0) 31? (7 left incl. one leaf of 39, 40) 3210? (wants 1, 10) 33? (5 left) 34? (6 left; 2, 4 gone) 3510 3610 37? (4 left) 38? (6 left) 398 406.

Notes

No f.79.

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Contents

Contents :
f.i Kalendar in red, black, blue, not full
f.1 Psalter beginning with Ps. ii.
Cantica and Litany (all the Saints removed).
f.328b Placebo

In the Kalendar:
Feb. 13. Kal. Ob. Margarete Chastlet 1396.
Mar 1. 1382...Margrete.
14. Kal. Robert Ao. 1396.
Ap. 1. S. ualerici C.
3. Non. S. Cutlacii C.
30. erkenuoldi Ep. red.
June 4. Nativ. John. A.d. 1398.
23. Etheldrede red.
July 4. Modevuenne Virg. added xiv.
Aug. 30. Nat. Elisabet. Ao. 1393.
Sept. 4. Ob. Angnete chastlet 1389.
13. Kal. Ob. W. Chastlet.
10. Kal. Ob. Bonifacii Chastlet Ao. mccclxxxix.
Oct. 1. Obit. Wlli Coupere.
Oct. 5. S. Side V. in red.
7. Ob. M. Chastlet.
16. Kal. S. Etheldrede V. added xv.
Nov. 6. Ob. E. Chastlet 1393.
Edmund in blue.
July. Idus. Transl. Martini Coronacio Ricardi R... (xiv).
Jan. 15. Kal. Nativ. T. Chastlet Ao. 1395(?).
After Ps. cix. (cviii.) are five pages left blank and covered with prayers in Anglo-French of early xivth cent. viz.
1. Sire mes enemys se fyent en lur richesse e ieo en wus quy poure degnastes deuenir.
2. Dame par wus fu ly munz restorez.

The grotesques, which are of exceedingly fine execution, are
f.1 a. A fox on hind legs rings two handbells.
b. Human-headed fox with another head on the end of his nose.
2a. Elephant on hind legs with staff and pouch.
b. Grotesque figure with two faces.
3a. Hare with harp.
b. Dog.
4b. Dragon.
5a. Monkey with fiddle.
b. Two dragons.
6a. Cow blowing horn.
b. Two-headed grotesque.
7a. Wolf (?) with drum.
b. Dog.
8a. Donkey with handbell blows horn.
b. Dragon with neck in a knot.
9a. Dog with bagpipes made out of another dog.
b. Man with one webbed duck's foot, which he holds up.
10a. Stag nursing dog (?).
b. Two bodies with one head.
11a. A Dog-bishop with pastoral staff blessing.
b. Dragon.

All the initials to the Nocturnes and other divisions of the Psalter are gone.

Bibliography

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