Description:
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
Altsignatur: Codcpict 84 Extent:
155 Bl. - Pergament Alternative Title:
Cod.c.pict. 84 Abstract:
Englische Version: Manuscript psalters are, in many cases, preceded
by a calendar section. The small-scale manuscript of a psalter in
German presented here contains on leaves 1 recto-6 verso an
Augsburg calendar (including the entries dedicated to the feasts of
Saints Ulrich and Afra and the consecration of the Augsburg
Cathedral on September 28). The Psalter is on leaves 8 recto-267
recto, followed by, on leaves 267 verso-271 verso, a list in Latin
of the opening phrases of the psalms. On leaf 267 recto the
colophon gives the date 1484. The translations of the psalms
correspond to those in the Psalter of the Mentelin Bible
(Strasbourg, before June 27, 1466) and to reprints of a much older
Latin original that probably was produced in Nuremberg and has not
survived. As direct sources or, rather, models for this manuscript,
four Augsburg Bible prints can be identified. The Psalter is richly
illuminated with eight ornamental body color initials that
emphasize the liturgical division into eight sections. The only
figurative initial that shows King David, then regarded as the
author of the psalms, is the D-initial to the first preface of the
Psalter on leaf 8 recto. He wears a crown and sits on his throne
playing the harp. Both the calendar and the translation of the
psalms, taken from various Augsburg Bible printings, make it quite
likely that the manuscript originated in Augsburg. The Psalter's
miniatures and tendrils in body color were produced in the
efficient and export-oriented workshop of Johann Bämler (circa
1430-1503), a citizen of Augsburg, which had its own printing press
from 1472 onwards. In 1563 the manuscript was, according to a
record on the flyleaf, owned by "Caspar Ottman,” at that time
secretary to the princes of Oettingen (Bavaria). Two ex libris of
the court library of 1618 and 1630 bear witness to an early
presence of the codex in Munich. // Autor: Brigitte Gullath Subjects:
223.2
1265
Bible. Psalms
Funeral rites and ceremonies Publication Statement:
Umkreis Magdeburg um 1265
