15929998400001312637261000Standard Recordobject-169756170197591772315982666480001701975718728fitz-onlineadlib-object-169756https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/16975697617c36-5852-3d51-b42d-773725514d5a8referenceagent-184668adlib-agent-1846684936464a-902d-34e0-9f85-0c0e748a62d4Chadwick, H.referenceterm-110558adlib-term-110558ee824bc5-8d70-3060-824d-9ed6f392557billuminated manuscriptreferenceterm-114522adlib-term-11452276be19ae-554e-3b73-af2d-112e09263aafmanuscriptreferenceterm-118780adlib-term-118780c5f3b968-f763-357a-b740-9f216e114859parchmentSupportHeightmm128Widthmm100PageHeightmm78Widthmm56TextManuscripts and Printed BooksPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, i medieval parchment flyleaf + 200 fols. + i medieval parchment flyleaf, 128 x 100 (78 x 56) mm, 17 long lines, ruled in plummet, leaves lost before fol. 1 and after fol. 200.
BINDING: Early sixteenth-century, brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on five supports, blind-stamped panel with oak-leaf border and inhabited scroll with birds, harpy and mermaid, two metal pins and remains of two leather straps on upper cover, two catchplates on lower cover, green, red and yellow endbands, the top one carried over spine, repaired and re-bound by Robert Proctor, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1994.
CONTENTS: fols. 1r – 179v Psalter, Gallican (begins imperfectly); fols. 179v – 196v Canticles and Quicumque vult; fols. 196v – 199r Litany; fols. 199v – 200r Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (addition); fol. 200v Pange lingua gloriosi prelium certaminis (addition, ends imperfectly).
DECORATION: Eight historiated initials in white-patterned pink or blue on gold grounds, with extensions forming three-sided borders and incorporating birds, animals, hybrids and grotesques: fol. 27v Psalm 26, [D, 10 ll.] David pointing to eyes before God; fol. 45v Psalm 38, [D, 10 ll.] David pointing to tongue before God, peacock in border; fol. 62r Psalm 52, [D, 10 ll.] Fool with club and cake before God blessing; fol. 78v Psalm 68, [S, 9 ll.] David in water and God above; fol. 99r Psalm 80, [E, 10 ll.] David playing bells, ape-bishop in border; fol. 118r Psalm 97, [C, 9 ll.] Clerics singing at lectern; fol. 121r Psalm 101, [D, 10 ll.] David praying at altar, God’s hand blessing above, grey owl in border; fol. 138v Psalm 109, [D, 9 ll.] Throne of Mercy Trinity.
ORNAMENTATION: Gold initials [3 ll.] on white-patterned blue and dark pink grounds extending into border for ordinary Psalms; gold one-line verse initials within blue or dark pink bands with white foliate ornament extending full length down the text column; gold, blue and red geometric line-fillers.38referenceexhibition-2130adlib-exhibition-2130e75dcf49-7ecf-317e-9f74-3cc5ff8ddc67Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An exhibition to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion.MS 2481accession numberMS 248169756priref169756project ID97urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169756https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/169756fol. 1rqui non abiitsecundo foliofol. 2r[here]ditatem tuamsecundo folioreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-184668adlib-agent-1846684936464a-902d-34e0-9f85-0c0e748a62d4Chadwick, H.189518951895bought12701270CE1270circa1270129911299CE1299circa1299binderreferenceagent-174369adlib-agent-1743699c772c5c-375e-3da8-ba6a-0fdb7cc67243Proctor, Robertrepaired and re-bound by Robert Proctor, Fitzwilliam Museum, 1994referenceterm-129115adlib-term-1291155ce28446-71e7-36ae-96f7-55bc3990c23913th Century, Late#referenceterm-106176adlib-term-106176fb9c829a-d80e-3bb8-bab9-991a7b1a1977literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralCambridgeshireCambridgeshireregionCambridge (Cambs.)referenceterm-126213adlib-term-126213171a5eec-bc32-3ee4-bfef-71a2a473dc0dliteralFlandersFlandersregionprobably GhentGhentreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldreferenceterm-102914adlib-term-102914e7796ee6-19b3-343a-a83c-cfb955dcba52psaltertype of texthistory notepartially trimmed notes in Middle Dutch written in fourteenth-century hand in lower borders of fols. 65r, 66r, 68r, 75v, 78v, 96v, 105r, 106v, 158r, 200r; pencil inscriptions ‘15336 / giu’ and ‘No. 12’ inside upper cover; purchased for the Museum from H. Chadwick in 1895.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameCambridge IlluminatedCambridge Illuminatedreferencepublication-6732adlib-publication-6732f5a3e0c6-f512-310c-9064-48a363816b02Illuminated Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museum: An Exhibition to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Death of the Founder, Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrionreferencepublication-6821adlib-publication-6821c219272a-e06b-3afd-b55a-3d8cc5955bc2Thirteenth-Century Illumination in Bruges and Ghent169 – 70referencepublication-3501adlib-publication-350125126ce9-a73c-3508-adcc-d41f7fac9da5A Descriptive Catalogue of the Additional Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Musuem Acquired between 1895-1979 (excluding the McClean Collection)57referencepublication-6778adlib-publication-67786d637af9-05d0-3fd9-98c2-a7501a0858a8Leaves of Gold : Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collectionsreferencepublication-8426adlib-publication-84266b678268-aa0a-386a-b0c0-6349ae59b405A Catalogue of Western Book Illumination in the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Cambridge Colleges. Part One. Vol. 1: The Frankish Kingdoms, Northern Netherlands, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, Austria; Vol. II: The Meuse Region, Southern Netherlandsreferenceterm-102914adlib-term-102914e7796ee6-19b3-343a-a83c-cfb955dcba52psalterpsalterreferenceterm-25908adlib-term-2590873499d13-1ec4-30b6-aed9-641f768c023billuminationPsalterobject
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