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A psalter and hours executed before 1270 for a lady connected with St. Louis, probably his sister Isabelle of France, founder of the Abbey of Longchamp : now in the collection of Henry Yates Thompson / described by S.C. Cockerell in relation to the companion psalter of St. Louis in Paris ; with photogravures of all the miniatures by Emery Walker.: PB 1-1905

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A psalter and hours executed before 1270 for a lady connected with St. Louis, probably his sister Isabelle of France, founder of the Abbey of Longchamp : now in the collection of Henry Yates Thompson / described by S.C. Cockerell in relation to the companion psalter of St. Louis in Paris ; with photogravures of all the miniatures by Emery Walker.

Maker(s)

Author: Cockerell, Sydney C.
Photographer: Walker, Emery
Printer: Chiswick Press

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Description

36 pages, xxv leaves of plates : facsimiles ; 29 x 37 cm
The Isabella psalter is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (MS 300). Fund raising sheet issued to members of University of Cambridge July 1919 to purchase the manuscript and list of donors laid in. Newspaper cutting pasted in announcing the Fitzwilliam had raised the necessary funds.

Place(s) associated

  • London

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1905-12-05) by Thompson, Henry Yates

Dating

Production date: AD 1905

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 1-1905
Primary reference Number: 199817
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Created: Wednesday 17 September 2014 Updated: Monday 5 September 2022 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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