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Psalter
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, heavily trimmed, 305 x 215 (230 x 160) mm, 19 long lines, ruled in brown ink, four-line musical stave ruled in brown ink, number 76 written in ink on the recto.
CONTENTS: Antiphon with one stave of musical notation and Psalm 80:1–14.
ORNAMENTATION: Blue and red parted initial [E, 8 lines] with red and violet pen-flourished infill and extensions and red and blue baguette border for Psalm 80; alternate blue and red one-line penwork verse initials.
History note: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch by the Friends of the Fitzwilliam Museum in 1911.
Method of acquisition: Bought (1911) by Quaritch, Bernard
14th Century, Early
Circa
1300
CE
-
Circa
1310
CE
Support
composed of
parchment
Text
Height 230 mm
Width 160 mm
Page
Height 305 mm
Width 215 mm
Accession number: MS 276
Primary reference Number: 169766
Project ID: 304
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Manuscripts and Printed Books
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