DPL Reed MMF49

Psalter, Latin. Northern France, mid-thirteenth century

Single leaf. 190 by 146mm. Single column, 16 lines, written space 133 by 93mm; gothic liturgical hand. 

Text: Psalms 48:8–49:2.
Decoration: Decorative line-fillers in red and blue; one 2-line initial with simple penwork; versal initials alternately red or blue.
Provenance: From a manuscript formerly owned by Rheims Cathedral and the Cistercian abbey of Signy. The leaf was folio 56 (or possibly 55) in a Psalter which was lot 53 at Sotheby’s, 24 June 1980, and subsequently broken up. Purchased from Sotheran's catalogue 989 (1985), no. 178.
References: Manion, Vines, de Hamel no. 111; Reed Early Bibles no. 27.
Shelfmark: RMM Fragment 49.

Description reproduced from Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New Zealand Collections (London, 1989) by permission of the authors (Christopher de Hamel, Margaret Manion, and the family of Vera F. Vines).