A Flemish Psalter, c.1500.
- Reference:GB 227 msBS1443.F6
- Dates of Creation:1500
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:Flemish
- Physical Description:1 volume, 171ff
Scope and Content
Psalter with canticles and apostles creed in Flemish with Latin rubrics. Illuminated initials. Written in the Netherlands.
Administrative / Biographical History
Books of the Psalms were known as psalters, often also containing calendars, canticles, prayers and creeds. They were popularly used for private devotions but could also be used for liturgical purposes where all 150 psalms were to be recited each week. Depictions of King David, supposed author of many of the Psalms, frequently introduce the psalter; many of the surviving examples are richly ornamented. Psalms were also important elements of prayer books and later in books of hours.
Arrangement
Single item
Access Information
By appointment with the Keeper of Manuscripts. Access to records containing confidential information may be restricted.
Acquisition Information
Presented to the library by Dr George Walker, minister of Castle Douglas [Kirkcudbrightshire], 1919.
Note
Call number used to be ms650.
Other Finding Aids
Individual Manuscripts and Small Collections database available as part of Manuscripts Database.
Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Binding, morocco, of the 19th century. Embossed geometric
decoration on covers. Embossed on spine Liber Psalmorum, MSS Germanice. Vellum: 8X11.6cm.Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Maia Sheridan, Archives Hub project archivist, based on material from the Manuscripts Database
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to the Keeper of Manuscripts. Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.
Custodial History
Bookseller’s label. At one time in the possession of James Walker of Aberdeen, brother to Dr George Walker. A card pasted inside the front cover states 'The gift of Mr James Walker, Aberdeen, to his brother Alexr'.
Accruals
None
Bibliography
Fully noticed in N R Ker and A J Piper Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, Vol.IV (Paisley to York), Oxford, 1992, pp.243.
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