15929998450001312637261000Standard Recordobject-170707170206296327115982666790001702062269163fitz-onlineadlib-object-170707https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/1707077d0989d1-698f-392d-872a-c9b013d07f268referenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frankreferenceagent-185126adlib-agent-1851265e09d0dd-bdcc-36e2-a236-330a2bbb7831Pegge, Samuelreferenceterm-110558adlib-term-110558ee824bc5-8d70-3060-824d-9ed6f392557billuminated manuscriptreferenceterm-114522adlib-term-11452276be19ae-554e-3b73-af2d-112e09263aafmanuscriptreferenceterm-120007adlib-term-12000700af7c97-d937-3d5c-a1af-d2a83fe2785bFrank McCleanreferenceterm-118780adlib-term-118780c5f3b968-f763-357a-b740-9f216e114859parchmentSupportManuscripts and Printed BooksPHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, iii modern paper flyleaves + 236 fols. (foliated i – vi, 2 – 231) + iii modern paper flyleaves, 105 x 70 (67 x 48) mm, 16 long lines, ruled in faint black ink, leaves lost before fols. 2 and 200
BINDING: 1994, dark brown goat skin over acid-free mill-boards, by Annie Winther; previous fifteenth-century binding with pastedowns, flyleaves, and tag with Crucifixion woodcut, preserved with manuscript, blind-stamped brown leather over wooden boards, sewn on 4 supports, fleurs-de-lys stamps within lozenges, leather strap and metal clasp on upper cover, catchplate on lower cover.
CONTENTS: fols. i recto – vi verso Calendar; fols. 2r – 199v Psalter, Gallican (begins imperfectly) ; fols. 200r – 219r Canticles (begin imperfectly), Te deum, Quicumque vult; fols. 219r – 223r Litany with collects; fols. 223v – 229v Office of the Dead; fol. 229v Confession prayer and alphabet.
DECORATION: Twelve medallions with Labours of the Month in Calendar:
fol. i recto Jan., Warming by fire; fol. i verso, Feb., Woman with two tapers; fol. ii recto March, Pruning trees; fol. ii verso April, Maying; fol. iii recto May, Man with falcon; fol. iii verso June Man carrying bundle; fol. iv recto July Mowing; fol. iv verso Aug., Reaping; fol. v recto Sept., Picking fruit; fol. v verso Oct., Sowing; fol. vi recto Nov., Threshing acorns for pigs; fol. vi verso Dec., Killing pig.
Nine historiated initials in white-patterned blue or pink on gold grounds, with branches and foliate extensions supporting or terminating into human figures and hybrids, and forming full borders: fol. 31v Psalm 26, [D, 10 ll.] Apostle with blank scroll; fol. 51v Psalm 38, [D, 10 ll.] St Andrew holding saltire cross; fol. 69r Psalm 51, [Q, 9 ll.] St Paul holding cross; fol. 70v Psalm 52, [D, 9 ll.] St Peter holding key; fol. 88v Psalm 68, [S, 10 ll.] Apostle with blank scroll; fol. 111r Psalm 80, [E, 9 ll.] Apostle asleep; fol. 132r Psalm 97, [C, 9 ll.] Martyr holding palm branch; fol. 135r Psalm 101, [D, 9 ll.] Apostle pointing at upwards and downwards; fol. 154r Psalm 109, [D, 10 ll.] St Bartholomew holding knife.
Woodcut hand-coloured initial with Crucifixion and beginning of the Canon of the Mass excised from an early printed Missal and used as a tag pasted on former flyleaf (preserved within manuscript box).
ORNAMENTATION: Gold initials [3 ll.] on blue and pink white-patterned grounds, with bar extensions, for ordinary Psalms, Canticles, Litany and Office of the Dead; alternate gold and blue one-line initials with blue or red pen-flourished infill and extensions; blue and red pen-work line-fillers with gold balls.MS McClean 421accession numberMS McClean 42170707priref170707project ID21urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170707https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/170707Qui non abiitsecundo folioreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreferenceagent-172414adlib-agent-17241473d94f64-8c0d-30c1-9764-25b005f3ce1dMcClean, Frank190419041904bequeathed12501250CE12501250127511275CE12751275referenceterm-129241adlib-term-1292419c614c85-899e-3b9e-bcdd-2918be284a5f13th Century, third quarterreferenceterm-39593adlib-term-39593e3e2a3f8-2433-3f63-9bcf-e776644d312dgoldreferenceterm-102914adlib-term-102914e7796ee6-19b3-343a-a83c-cfb955dcba52psaltertype of textreferenceterm-128949adlib-term-1289498cac04a8-76d7-3dbf-8117-0af49bc34876use of Saint-Omerliturgical usehistory notegiven by Mrs Elizabeth Heathcote to Samuel Pegge in 1779 (ownership inscription, fol. i recto); not identified in the sales of Samuel Pegge’s library, 12 Nov. 1792, 29 March 1798, 12 Nov. 1800; lot 258 in an unidentified Sotheby’s sale, as reported by James 1912, 82 (no extant inscription or cutting from sale catalogue); Frank McClean (1837 – 1904); his bequest, 1904.referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameCambridge IlluminatedCambridge Illuminated82 – 4referencepublication-3609adlib-publication-3609211b88dc-f7bf-3fbc-adcc-b04033465deaA descriptive catalogue of the McClean Collection of Manuscripts in the Fitzwilliam Museumreferencepublication-3894adlib-publication-3894bdeb2f1f-a2e8-3e0b-8fba-f74e9905d87eDie Psalterillustration im 13 Jahrundert. Studien zur Geschichte der Buchmalerei in England, Frankreich und den Niederlanden174referencepublication-200002516adlib-publication-200002516796c5bb0-cec7-3581-9f5c-b4ef1a362d30Flemish Psalters in the Apostolic Traditionreferencepublication-6821adlib-publication-6821c219272a-e06b-3afd-b55a-3d8cc5955bc2Thirteenth-Century Illumination in Bruges and Ghentreferencepublication-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-113770adlib-term-1137709b7e390e-403f-33c7-a177-ce0d74ea82b3penworkreferenceterm-25908adlib-term-2590873499d13-1ec4-30b6-aed9-641f768c023billuminationPsalter and Office of the Deadobject
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