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B.11.6

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Shelfmark B.11.6
Manuscript Title Psalter
Alternative Title Psalterium.
James Number 245
Century 15th
Physical Description 21 lines to a page. Narrow English hand: good decoration.
Provenance Given in 1672 by Dr Scattergood, formerly Chaplain.
Donor Scattergood, Anthony (c1611-1687), Alumnus Of Trinity (Matric 1628), Chaplain Of Trinity
Size (cm) 19.5 x 18
Folio 166 ff.
Binding White skin over boards: two clasps (one gone)
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation 3 fly-leaves (1 gone): Kal.6 || a8-s8 t6 u8 (+8*) | 2 fly-leaves.
IIIF Manifest URL https://mss-cat.trin.cam.ac.uk/Manuscript/B.11.6/manifest.json
Online Since 08/03/2013

Contents

f.1 Kalendar in red, black and blue (Sarum)
SS. David and Chad, and S. Wenefred, are original.
f.7 Psalter
f.136b Cantica ending with Litany
f.153b Office of the Dead (Placebo)

On the verso of the last leaf in a late xvth cent. hand are these lines
Virgo parens uixit sexaginta tribus annis
Quatuor atque decem fuit in partu benedicta
Trigintaque tribus cum nato uixerat annis
Sexque decem sola postquam Christus subit astra.

The Litany is in a somewhat later hand than the rest of the book: it contains:
Martyrs. Maximianus cum sociis... 'Albane ij,' Iustus, Quintin, Edmund, Oswald, Alphege. Thomas erased.
Confessors. Marcialis (2nd).... Augustine cum sociis. Wilfred... Ethelwold, 'Benedicte ij.'... Columban... 'Cuthlace.'... Botulph, Neot, Edward, Edmund.
Virgins. The first five are Etheldreda, Wythburga, Sexburga, Ethelberga, Ermenilda. The last are Austraberta, Erkengota, Werburga.
Suffrage. Ut regi nostro et principibus nostris etc.

The first page of the Psalter has a good border, and an initial on red ground with gold flourishes, David in ermined scarlet robe playing the harp.
Dominus illuminatio. Decorative.
Dixi custodiam. Decorative, with good bust.
Dixit insipiens. Decorative.
Saluum me fac. Decorative
Exultate. Decorative
Cantate. Decorative
Domine exaudi. Decorative (smaller).
Dixit dominus. Decorative (smaller).
Ad dominum (cxx.). Decorative(smaller).
Confitebor (Canticum Isaiae). Decorative (smaller).

Bibliography

Scott, K. L., Tradition and Innovation in Later Medieval English Manuscripts (London, 2006)

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