Folium from a Medieval Psalter, Fragment

Folium from a medieval Psalter, Psalm 90:12-91:2, Flemish (Ghent?), c. 1450-1460.

In Collection:

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Subject

• Psalters
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Language

• lat

Identifier

• Shelf Mark: Fragm.Lat.15

Date created

• approximately 1450 to approximately 1460

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 folium ; 125 x 90 mm (77 x 62 mm)

Additional physical characteristics

• Vellum.
• Latin text in Gothic script (littera minuscula gothica textualis semi-quadrata formata) ruled in ink for a single column of writing. Decoration consists of the following: gilded litterae notabiliores pen-flourished in blue alternating with similarly pen-flourished letters of blue and red; a single gilded initial B on a cusped rectilinear ground in rose and containing white-highlighted blue in-fill; the head of the B extends into a partial rectilinear foliate bar border in gold, blue, and rose, from which issue gilded ivy leaves with pen-drawn tendrils; the upper and lower margins contain foliate borders, comprised of gilded ivy leaves with tendrils and other naturalistic elements in green, rose, and blue; line-fillers in blue and gold.

Physical repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• manuscripts (documents)
• fragments (object portions)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 1994-013, Item: 1

Fonds title

• Medieval Studies Collection

Fonds identifier

• SC070

Is referenced by

• Special Collection Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/inventory.php.
• Archival finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/medieval-studies-collection

Date digitized

• August 3, 2022

Technical note

• Scanned on Betterlight TTI 600 DPI TIFF -- initially at camera height 1100 but felt scans lacked detail. lowered camera to 800. (1/20; 253; copy4) by PD. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/c9gn-n692

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