Title | [Psalter] |
Date | 1300s |
Description | Ms. text includes: Canticles of Freedom, of Ezekiel and of Anna. LAYOUT: 1 column, full page, frame ruled in lead (110mm. x 165mm). Leroy 20D1, written in 23 lines above top line. The leaf bears the initial part of the Canticles section common in Psalters. On the recto Isaiah, 12:2-6, Isaiah 38:10-12, on the verso, Isaiah 38:14-18, 20, I Samuel 2:1. While copying, the scribe skips part of text in two points and the missing parts are added at the bottom of the leaf recto and at the top of the leaf verso by two different hands. SCRIPT: Gothic textualis. Very few abbreviations, of typical 14th century form, diacritical sign on the 'I's next to the letter 'U', to avoid confusion in reading. Few text mistakes. On the lower margin of the leaf recto, a later and quite cursive hand, adds the missing verse Isaiah 38:13 in a light brown ink, while a second hand adds the missing Isaiah 38:19 on the upper margin of the leaf verso. This hand writes in a small Gothic textualis libraria and is probab |
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Language | Latin |
Physical Description | Parchment |
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Original Item Extent | 1 sheet; 24 x 16 cm |
Original Item Location | BX2033.A2 1300z |
Original Item URL | http://library.uh.edu/record=b3276591~S5 |
Original Collection | Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (University of Houston) |
Digital Collection | Medieval Manuscript Leaves and Fragments |
Digital Collection URL | http://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/mmfrag |
Repository | Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries |
Repository URL | http://info.lib.uh.edu/about/campus-libraries-collections/special-collections |
Use and Reproduction | Public Domain |
File Name | index.cpd |
Title | Recto |
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File Name | mmfrag_201606_012_001.jpg |