Contents:This manuscript includes a calendar with Augustinian
elements, followed by the Psalms, Canticles and Hymns.ff. 1r-6v: A
calendar with the zodiac signs. ff. 7r-190v: Psalms, imperfect at
the beginning, Psalm 1 and the first verses of Psalm 2 are lacking;
beginning: '[ip]sorum. Qui habitat in celis irridebit eos'. Psalm
109 is also lacking. ff. 190v-215v: Canticles and hymns, beginning:
'Confitebor tibi domine quoniam iratus es mihi'.Decoration: The
decoration is similar to Arundel MS 157 containing a Psalter and
Hours of the Virgin, which includes evidence of an Oxford and
Augustinian provenance. The minor initials were perhaps painted by
the same artists who illuminated Arundel MS 157 and the Lesnes
Missal now London, Victoria and Albert Museum, MS L. 404-1916,
according to Morgan, Gothic Manuscripts (1982), p. 73. Roundels of
the zodiac signs and labours of the months, and 'KL' letters in
colours and gold in the calendar. Small initials and text in red,
blue, or green, in the calendar.Historiated or decorated initials
with 'Channel style' decoration including white lions in colours
and gold at the most of the major Psalm divisions, including Psalms
51 and 101 (ff. 33r, 51r, 66v, 67r, 84v, 106v, 129r) (the text for
Psalms 1 and 109 lacking; Psalm 80 has a small initial). Initials
in colours and gold, some with animals, figures, or hybrids at the
beginning of the other Psalms and divisions. Initials in red with
blue penwork decoration, or in blue with red penwork decoration, a
few in green (e.g., ff. 195v, 200r, 201v).Line-fillers in blue or
red, some in the form of animals or heads.
