Low Countries, northern part ; Holland (south), 15th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Title
Psalter (Latin), BPL 3770
Psalterium feriale
Ferial psalter
Description
Content:
Contains: (ff. 4*r-14*v) Calendar, use of Utrecht, with some
contemporary notes on computing of Easter, partly in Dutch
(6*r-7*r). - (ff. 1r-221v) Ferial psalter, for monastical use.
Psalms in numerical order arranged for matins and lauds (1r-170v)
and vespers (171r-221v) of the weekdays; with reference to
antiphons, versicles, hymns and other parts of the Divine Office. -
(ff. 221v-239v) Canticles. - (ff. 239v-242v) Athanasian Creed. -
(ff. 242v-248r) Litany of the Saints. - (ff. 248r-250v) Collects. -
(ff. 251r-256r) Hymns. - (ff. 256r-261r) Nocturnal lessons of the
matins in the Office of the Dead, with versicles, responses and
collects. - Empty: ff. 1*r-v, 2*v, 3*v, 15*r-v, 261v. Note:
Origin: General appearance of penwerk decoration (communication
A.M. As-Vijvers, 2023) and calendar (use of Utrecht, with Jeronus,
17 August, in red), point to the southern part of Holland. Probably
made for a canoness regular, in view of Augustine of Hippo's
special commemoration in the calendar (feasts on 28 August and 11
October in red), the Windesheim version of the responsories in the
Office of the Dead ("Libera me domine de morte" instead of the
Utrecht variant "Ego sum resurrectio", cf. Kortweg 2013) and the
Dutch rubrics of some prayers.
Collation: 1 (1*), III (2*-7*), IV+1 (8-11, 12-15), 20IV (16-160),
V-1 (161-169,), 10IV (171-250), IV (251-258), 3 (259-261). -
Catchwords visible on ff. 96v, 112v, 120v, 128v, 136v, 144v, 178v,
186v, 194v, 202v 210v, 218v, 226v. - Leaf missing between ff. 169
and 171 (cut out after foliation?): last part of psalm 108 (109):
23-31 ("locustae. Genua mea infirmata sunt a jejunio ... ut salvam
faceret a persequentibus animam meam").
Decoration: One 8-line blue initial on a decorated gold ground,
combined with painted decoration over three borders, indicating
psalm 1, Beatus vir, beginning of the psalter and of Sunday matins
(f. 1r). - Eleven 7-line gold initials on a decorated ground of
blue and old pink, combined with painted decoration over two
borders: six at the beginning of psalm 26, 38, 52, 68, 80 and 97,
indicating matins and lauds of Monday-Saturday (ff. 35r, 56v, 77r,
97v, 123r, 146r); one at the beginning of psalm 109 indicating
Sunday vespers (f. 170r ); two at the beginning of psalm 51 and 101
(ff. 75v, 170r); and two at the beginning of the canticles and the
hymns (f. 221v, 251r). - Alternate red and blue initials (3/4
lines), some with touches of green in the centre and combined with
alternate blue and red penwork, indicating the vespers of
Monday-Saturday (ff. 176r, 194v, 197v, 200v, 206v, 213v). -
Alternate red and blue initials (3 lines), combined with alternate
blue and red penwork, indicating terce, sext and none (ff. 182r,
186r, 189v). - Alternate red and blue initials (2/3 lines),
combined with alternate blue and red penwork, indicating the
calendar months, remaining psalms, canticles and hymns. - Psalm 118
'Beati immaculati' is divided into 21 parts, each indicated with a
2-line penwork inital (f. 179v-193v). - Alternate red and blue
versals.
Decoration: Influences from South-Holland or Delft penwork:
'driehoekjes' built with vertical lines and 'wimpers' (but without
'tangetje'); cf. Korteweg 1989: 68; 58). Some resemblance to
details (but not the entire composition) of South-Holland penwork
(c.1440-1460) in codex The Hague, KB, 130 E 18.
Binding: Post-medieval binding (18th century). - Leather (spine and
corners, red) and paper over cardboard. Sewing supports broken in
several places: ff. 96/97, 112/113. 120/121, 169/171).
Calendar: Saints in red include: pontiani mr (14.1), pancracii mr
(12.5), servacii ep/cf (13.4), Bonifacii ep et socii eius (5.6),
Odulphi cf (12.6), lebuini cf (25.6), translatio sancti martini ep
(4.7), laurentii mr (10.8), Jeronis mr (17.8), Augustini ep (28.8),
lamberti ep/mr (17.9), Remigius et bavonis (1.10), Dyonisii et
socii eius mr (9.10), translatio sancti augustini ep (11.10),
Willibrordi ep/cf (7.11), Martini ep/cf (11.11), lebuini cf
(12.11).
Textual: Psalter rubrics: (f. 16r) "In secundo vigilio". - (f. 23v)
"In tertio vigilio. - (f. 27r) "Ad laudes". - (f. 34v) "Feria
secunda invitatorium". - (f. 56r) "Ad laudes". - (f. 56v) "Feria
tercia invitatorium". - (f. 76v) "Ad laudes". - (f. 77r) "Feria
quarta invitatorium". - (f. 97r) "Ad laudes". - (f. 97v) "Feria
quinta invitatorium". - (f. 122v) "Ad laudes". - (f. 122v) "Feria
sexta ad matutinem" invitatorium. - (f. 145v) "Ad laudes". - (f.
145v) "Sabbato invitatorium". - (f. 171r) "Dominicis diebus ad
vesperas". - (f. 176r) "Feria secunda ad vesperas". - (f. 182r) "Ad
terciam". - (f. 186r) "Ad sextam". - (f. 189v) "Ad nonam". - (f.
194v) "Feria tercia". - (f. 197v) "Feria quarta ad vesperas". - (f.
200v) "Feria quinta". - (f. 206v) "Feria sexta ad vesperas". - (f.
213v) "Sabbato die". - A few collect rubrics in Dutch: "pro
reysantibus" (! 249v), "Voer onweder", "Voer zieken" (250r).
Description (Bouwman 2023):
http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Subject (temporal):
Middle Ages
15th century
