Manchester. The John Rylands Library, Latin MS 117
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- Manchester Digital Collections
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- The John Rylands Library
- Shelfmark
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- Latin MS 117
- Biblissima authority file
- Language
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- French
- Latin
- Title
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- Kalendar
- Psalter
- Cantica
- Oratio b. Marie V. O intemerata
- Memoriae of S. Augustine, Dominic, Mary Magdalene
- Hours of the Virgin
- Hours of the Holy Ghost
- Litany
- Litany
- Litany
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- Agent
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- Preferred form
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (comte de Crawford, 1847-1913)
- Role
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- Former owner
- Original form
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- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913
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- Lindsay, James Ludovic, Earl (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic (1847-1913)
- James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), peer and collector
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford, 1847-1913
- Crawford, James Ludovic Lindsay, Earl of, 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford 1847-1913
- James Ludovic Lindsay, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Ludovic Lindsay 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- Lindsay, James Ludovic, 1847-1913, 26th Earl of Crawford
- James Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford of Haigh Hall
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- Preferred form
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- George Frederic Warner (1845-1936)
- Original form
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- George Frederic Warner (b. 1845, d. 1936), archivist
- Warner, George Frederic, 1845-1936
- Biblissima authority file
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- Preferred form
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- Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (1853-1930)
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- Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (b. 1853, d. 1930), bookbinder
- Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William, 1853-1930
- Biblissima authority file
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- Preferred form
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- John Philip Edmond (1850-1906)
- Original form
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- John Philip Edmond (b. 1850, d. 1906), librarian
- Edmond, John Philip, 1850-1906
- Biblissima authority file
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- Description
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- Extent:
ff. 258 (ii+254+ii) Leaf height: 194 mm, width: 142 mm.
Binding:
Old wooden boards with fragments of dark blue or black velvet
James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford had it sent to George Frederic Warner (b. 1845, d. 1936), archivist for examination in December 1900 (ibid. no. 11 10) and while there it was measured for its morocco pull-off case by Joseph William Zaehnsdorf (b. 1853, d. 1930), bookbinder (ibid. and no. 1107); this manuscript was then numbered '134'.
Decoration:
A lot of heraldry throughout containing numbers of very small shields. The most frequently recurring ones are two, of which many line-fillings are composed, especially in the latter part of the book. These are: (a) Vaire (arg. and as.) alternating with bars gules. (b) Or, a lion rampant sable.
The Kalendar is decorated on each page with a three-sided border starting from the initial KL at top, and composed of bands of gold, pink, and blue combined, which curve upward or downward at the outer end, and have sharp cusps on their backs. Grotesques or animals or birds are often perched on the horizontal bands.
The Occupation of each month is in the initial KL. The Zodiacal sign in a medallion half-way up the page. It is of burnished gold, and the figure is set within two interlaced squares of pink and blue, one being set lozenge-wise.
Jan. Three-faced man at table, raising a cup to his mouth. Aquarius, in linen drawers, with a covered cup.
Feb. Warms his hands and feet at a fire on right, with a pot hung over it. Pisces.
Mar. Prunes a tree. Aries.
April. A youth rides to right with hawk on hand. Taurus.
May. Like April, but holding a flower in each hand. Gemini hold a shield, or, a lion rampant sa., a bend gu.
June. mows with scythe: in a broad hat. Cancer, a crayfish.
July. Reaps: in broad hat. Leo, by a tree.
Aug. threshes. Virgo.
Sept. Treads grapes: hand to mouth. Libra, held by a woman.
Oct. Sows. Scorpius, pink, four-legged; rather like a small lion.
Nov. Beats oak for pigs. Sagittarius: centaur shooting back to right.
Dec. Killing pig with back of axe. Capricorn: lower part a cornucopiae..
Folio 9r: Beatus uir. Full border; bands of gold, blue, and pink: gold balls on the colour. Many small figures are perched about on it.
Top from left, lion going to left. Centre, woman fighting lion. Right, black and white dog by a rabbit-warren. Right, deer with gold antlers scratching his ear.
On left, two climbing lions. At bottom, left, a knight in chain armour: red surcoat; spear, gold shield. A man on horseback holding a gold helmet.
Two knights on horseback tilting at a maid in c., who holds up two red staves vertically.
On right a woman beating with a distaff a lion who has a swaddled child in his mouth.
Further right a centaur shooting back at a grotesque in the margin, which is cut.
The following shields are hung on the cuspings: left, Vaire of arg and as., two bars gu., a bend or. gu., a lion rampant arg or. a lion rampant sa, R. gu., damaged. Quite effaced. gu., effaced.
The initial has an inner ground of gold: it is set on a dark red and blue ground, with dragons partly in gold.
Above, in it, is David, bearded and crowned, playing a harp, with plectrum.
Below, David, as a boy, in red tunic, about to behead Goliath in chain armour, who falls on his knees on right.
The line-fillings contain drolleries and animals as well as shields.
Of the initials to Psalms and verses, the former are normally in colour on gold, the latter in gold on colour.
Partial borders sometimes spring out of the Psalm initials: beasts, etc., are perched on these.
Folio 28r: Dominus illuminatio. Almost full border. with beasts. Initial: gold ground. Samuel, on left, in peaked Jew's cap, blue mantle over red robe, anoints David seated in centre. Jesse, in Jew's cap, stands on right.
Folio 49v: Dixi custodiam. Border. Initial: gold ground. David, bearded, as king, sits cross-legged and points to his mouth. A brown devil, with small pink bat's wings, horns, and claws on his knees, stands on right.
Folio 81r: Saluum. Border on two sides only. Initial: dark red diapered ground above, lighter red below. Above, Christ, half-length, with the globe (divided into three parts), blessing: below, David, crowned, nude, in green water.
Folio 99v: Exultate. Border. The initial has grounds partly gold, partly red, diapered. In centre a trefoil arch, above which is an arcade of seven openings. Beneath it sits David, crowned, bearded, with red nimbus, playing with two gold hammers on six gold bells. Right and left are two narrow arches divided by a gold transom into two stories. In each of the openings thus made is a figure. Four grotesques or beasts and four human - three women and a youth.
Folio 117r: Cantate. Border. Initial: gold ground. Three coped bearded clerks sing from a book on a desk. A very tall small vested altar on right, the Divine Hand above. right.
Folio 131v: Dixit dominus. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Father and Son each in blue over red, each blessing, and holding a red book, throned, nearly full-face: the Dove descends between them out of a cloud (white, blue, and pink).
Hours of the Virgin. The first leaf of matins is gone. Folio 193r Lauds. Border. A man seated on a stretched rope, with a hoop or circle of rope near him.
Initial: ground, dark blue and gold. Above, the Visitation, under an arch, on either side of which is an angel. Below, the Nativity, with Joseph at the foot of the bed on right, and the Child in a manger on a decorated column in centre.
Folio 201v: Prime. Border. Initial: gold ground. Two shepherds on right, with short staves. Sheep and dog on Rright, and a girl on a bank with bagpipe. The angel above has a scroll: (PUER) NATUS EST. Tierce. First leaf gone.
Folio 208r: Sext. Border. Initial: gold ground. Herod, throned, on left, cross-legged. A devil at his ear, another seizing his crown. Two soldiers before him, each with a pierced child. Limbs of dead children and a mother lie below.
None. First leaf gone.
Folio 212v: Vespers. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Presentation. Symeon, nimbed, on right, a cloth over his hands. Tall veiled altar in centre, over which the Virgin holds the Child (in red rohe, blessing). Maid with doves (nimbed) on left.
Folio 218r: Compline. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Baptism of Christ, who stands in heaped-up green water in centre. John, in red mantle, on left: an angel on right holds the blue seamless tunic. This picture is rather damaged.
Folio 221v: Hours of the Holy Ghost. Border. Initial: gold ground. The Annunciation under a trefoil arch, with turrets above and red walls right and left. Both figures stand. Gabriel's scroll has: AUE MARIA. Between them is a whole fleur-de-lys in a blue vase.
Folio 227v: Lauds. Border. Small initial: gold ground. The descent of the Holy Ghost. The group of Apostles in blue and red occupies nearly all the field.
Folio 230r: Prime. Border. Large initial: gold ground. Under a trefoil arch a beardless tonsured Apostle (behind whom sits another) addresses a seated congregation on right. In centre the Dove descends, breathing flame.
Folio 231v: Tierce. Border. Initial: gold ground. On each side, a bearded Apostle. In centre a blue tub on legs, in which are six nude figures about to be baptized. Above, the head of the Son is seen sending forth the Dove.
Folio 233r: Sext. Border. Initial: gold ground. The disappearance of Christ at Emmaus. The two disciples sit at table in surprised attitudes. The Dove descends between them, and above are seen thc feet of Christ ascending.
None. First leaf gone.
Folio 234v: Vespers. Border. Initial: gold ground. Under a trefoil arch a group of six seated figures: their heads damaged. Above, the Son sends forth the Dove.
Folio 236r: Compline. Border, with fine grotesques. Initial: gold ground. The Trinity represented very much as at Dixit dominus, folio 131v. Slightly damaged.
Folio 237v: The initial to the Litany contains two small figures of angels. The line-fillings here are specially conspicuous.
Folio 242r: Office of the Dead. Border. Initial: gold ground. A coffin with pink diapered pall, surrounded by six or seven candles. Three women on right. Clerk in surplice, with book, and cross-bearer in surplice to left.
Acquisition:
Purchased by Enriqueta Rylands in 1901 from James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford. Bequeathed by Rylands to the John Rylands Library in 1908.
Layout:
18 long lines.
Collation:
Quire a2, 1 lining cover + 1
Quire 16
Quire 22
Quires 3-108, wants 2
Quires 11-188, wants 4, 5
Quires 19-238, wants 4. 5
Quire 248
Quire 258, wants 1
Quire 268, wants 1, 8
Quire 278, wants 1
Quire 288, wants 1
Quire 298, wants 1, 2, 8
Quires 30-338, wants 1
Quire 348
Quire 354, + 1
Quire b4, 3, 4 lining cover
Script:
Written in Gothic script by a single hand.
Data Source(s):
Description based on M.R. James, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Latin Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library at Manchester (Manchester, 1921), reprinted with an introduction and additional notes and corrections by F. Taylor (München, 1980), revised and expanded by Joanne Edge.
Subject(s):
Psalters
Abstract:
Psalter and Hours, produced in the second half of the thirteenth century in north-east France.
Format:
Codex
Material:
Parchment.
Provenance:
John Philip Edmond (b. 1850, d. 1906), librarian, James Ludovic Lindsay (b. 1847, d. 1913), 26th Earl of Crawford's librarian, saw this manuscript for the first time in November 1900 when he visited the Bollandists in connection with Latin MS 116. It was known to them as the 'Livre d'Or'. It was purchased for the Bibliotheca Lindesiana for £100 at the same time as Latin MS 116 (CLL, Oct.-Dec. 1900, nos. 932, 934, 949, 959; Barker, Bibliotheca Lindesiana, p. 347).
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