Psalter (fragment), Ferrara?, late 15th century
Psalter (fragment), Ferrara?, late 15th century
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
Late 15th century
Call Numbers
SAFE/D 89 (Safe 2/9)
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Language
Latin
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
1 volume - 535 x 400 mm - ink, gold and pigment on vellum
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Arrangement
4 gatherings: I (6), II (4), III (10), IV (10). Folios 1-10 are misbound and should read ff. 7-8, 1-6, 9-30.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Text: The manuscript is a fragment from a conventual psalter with psalms ordered according to the Divine Office and accompanied by antiphons, responses and rubrics for particular hours or nocturns. They are prefaced by invitatories, and hymns for matins on ff.7-8 (which were originally ff.1-2). There are 15 lines of text on each page.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Psalter (fragment), Ferrara?, late 15th century
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
The manuscript is No.497 in the Catalogue of J.T. Hackett's Art Collection, 1918, pp.50-51, located in the Mitchell Library printed books collection at Q708.9/H.
Notes by J. T. Hackett are located at Safe 1/7j.
Digital order no:Album ID : 832350
Signature / Inscriptions
There are no quire signatures, foliation or pagination.
Date note
Margaret Manion believes the features of the illuminated initial indicate a dating probably some time during the last three decades of the 15th century.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Lawson's, Sydney, at the auction of J. T. Hackett's art collection, 1918, catalogue no. 497
Exhibited in
Administrative / Biographical history
This manuscript would have originally formed part of a larger decorated psalter designed for use in the communal recitation of the Divine Office. The book was probably destined for a Franciscan house (Sinclair). The style of decoration suggests a Ferrarese origin (Manion), but the particular workshop is unknown.
References:
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SAFE/D 89 (Safe 2/9)
Record Identifier
n88ED6vn
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Other Identifiers
Reference code
881047
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