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Latin Psalter

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Title Latin Psalter

Date 1480

Place France

Language Latin

Subjects Catholic Church, Psalters, Prayer books, Devotional literature

Summary Ms. Latin Psalter, transcribed and illuminated around 1480, probably in France or Flanders (Belgium). This version of the Psalter, commonly used throughout Gaul and thus known as the Gallican Psalter, includes the 150 Psalms of the Vulgate Bible, following the text as Jerome revised it on the basis of the "Hexapla." The transcription of Psalm CXVIII here is of special interest, as it includes, along the outer margins, the letters of the Hebrew alphabet which correspond to the letter with which the 8 lines of each of the 22 stanzas begins in the Hebrew text (e.g., the first eight lines of the first stanza begin with the first letter of the alphabet, "Aleph," the second, with "Beth," the third, with "Gimel," and so on.) Additional psalms included are the "Simbolu[m] S[an]c[t]i Athanasi ep[iscop]i"; "Canticum Ysaye p[ro]ph[eta]e"; "Canticu[m] Ezechie regis"; "Canticu[m] Anne"; "Canticum Marie sororis Moysi"; "Canticum Abacuc p[ro]ph[eta]e"; "Canticum Moysi Deuteronomiu[m]"; "Canticum trium puerorum"; "Canticum Zacharie p[ro]ph[eta]e"; "Canticum Marie Uirginis"; "Canticum Simeonis"; and "Letania", a litany of saints.

Extent [76] leaves (32 line), bound (last leaf blank) : parchment ; 14 cm

Format Early works, Illuminated manuscripts, Prayers, Texts, Manuscripts, Psalters, Bookplates, Bindings

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Call Number VAULT Case MS 183

BibID 991772298805867

Projects Tag Artifacts of Childhood: 700 Years of Children's Books

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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Unique Identifier NL11NYPB

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