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Leaf from a Choir Psalter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 470 x 342 mm (355 x 255 mm), two musical staves ruled in red ink, 11-13 lines of text, ruled in pale brown ink, early ink foliation 82 at lower right hand corner of verso (originally the recto of the leaf).
CONTENTS: On reverse, the Wednesday Matins hymn Rerum creator optime, antiphons, on recto, Ps. 52: 1-4, Dixit inscipiens [sic] in corde tuo … qui faciat, from the Matins office of Wednesday; the initial [D] introduces Ps. 52.
DECORATION: Historiated initial in graded pink, green and liquid gold on square grounds, extending to form partial foliate borders with spray-work and fruit and flower motifs: verso, Blue penwork initials [2 ll.] with extensive red pen flourishing using voided foliate motifs.
Alternate red and blue one-line verse initials with purple or red pen flourishing; text immediately following the historiated initials and the verse initials is written in display script, flourished in black filled with yellow wash.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley
15th Century, third quarter#
Circa
1450
CE
-
Circa
1475
CE
Support composed of parchment
Accession number: Marlay cutting It. 74
Primary reference Number: 181275
Project ID: 1416
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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