Fragment from a Beneventan Psalter

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Fragment from a Beneventan Psalter

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Fragment from a Beneventan psalter, containing most of Psalm 36: verses 1-29. For an early printed edition of this text in its relation to other versions of the psalter, see Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples's Quincuplex Psalterium, 1513.



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Available Online: https://purl.stanford.edu/kh686yw0435
Title: Fragment from a Beneventan Psalter
Title: Stanford University Libraries, M0389. Box 1, Folder 05
Description: Fragment from a Beneventan psalter, containing most of Psalm 36: verses 1-29. For an early printed edition of this text in its relation to other versions of the psalter, see Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples's Quincuplex Psalterium, 1513.
Language: Latin
Format: parchment
Format: image/jpeg
Description: Psalm begins with an initial drawn in pen with interlaced design, partially colored in red and yellow. Versals are set in the left margin and written in red, filled with yellow.
Date: 850-1499
Language: lat
Description: late 11th c. or early 12th c.
Description: Oxford antiquary Philip Bliss (1787-1857) was one of the first collectors to recognize the historical and cultural importance of medieval manuscript fragments. These books survived intact in England until ca. 1520-70 at which time, particularly in Oxford and Cambridge, they were taken to pieces for use by binders as pastedowns, wrappers, fly leaves, and reinforcing strips.
Description: Fragments in this collection were purchased by Stanford in 1984 and 1985.
Relation: Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University ArchivesM0389. Box 1, Folder 05
Identifier: M0389
Description: 1
Description: 5
Description: -
Identifier: sulair:M0389_1_5
Relation: Medieval manuscript fragments, ca. 850-1499
PublishDate: 2019-09-15T16:05:40Z
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