Manuscript leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, produced in Southern England

MS 5650/104

Manuscript leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, produced in Southern England

c.1420

Text: From a Psalter, in Latin

Script: Textualis Formata (Textus Quadratus)

The text shows most of Psalm 121, the whole of Psalms 122 and 123, and the start of Psalm 124.

Twenty-two lines are written in a Textualis Formata (Textus Quadratus) script in black ink. There are three two-line initials in burnished gold on blue and pink with white filigree. There are nineteen one-line initials in burnished gold with mauve penwork or blue with red penwork. Lines are ruled in black and there is no line pricking. There are seventeen long line endings in blue and gold.

Psalms 122, 123 and 124 are numbered in the margin as 123, 124 and 125.

Recto side:

1 in domum domini ibimus . [line filler]

2 [121:2] S tantes erant pedes n(ost)ri : in atriis tuis ier(usa)l(e)m

3 [121:3] I er(usa)l(e)m que edificatur ut civitas : cuius par-

4 ticipacio eius in id ip(su)m . [line filler]

5 [121:4] I lluc enim ascenderu(n)t tribus trib(us) domini :

6 testimoniu(m) isr(ae)l ad co(n)fitendu(m) no(min)i domini

7 [121:5] Q uia illic sederunt sedes in iudicio : sedes

8 sup(er) domum david . [line filler]

9 [121:6] R ogate que ad pacem sunt ier(usa)l(e)m : et habu(n)-

10 dancia diligentib(us) te . [line filler]

11 [121:7] F iat pax in virtute tua : et habundancia

12 in turrib(us) tuis . [line filler]

13 [121:8] P ropter f(rat)res meos et p(ro)ximos meos : loque-

14 bar pacem de te . [line filler]

15 [121:9] P ropter domum domini dei n(ost)ri : quesivi

16 bona tibi . [line filler]

17 [122:1] A D te levavi oculos meos : qui habita(s)

18 in celis . [line filler]

19 [122:2] E cce sicut oculi servor(um) : in manib(us) domi-

20 norum suorum [line filler]

21 S icut oc(u)li ancille in manib(us) domine sue :

22 ita oculi n(ost)ri ad d(omi)n(u)m deum n(ost)r(u)m . donec mi-

Verso side:

1 [122:2] sereatur n(ost)ri . [line filler]

2 [122:3] M iserere n(ost)ri domine misere[re] n(ost)ri : quia mul-

3 tum repleti sumus despeccione . [line filler]

4 [122:4] Q uia multum repleta est anima n(ost)ra : [Too many minims in ‘anima’

5 obp(ro)brium habundantib(us) et despeccio sup(er)bi(s)

6 [123:1] N Isi quia dominus erat in nobis di-

7 cat nunc isr(ae)l : [123:2] nisi q(uia) d(omi)n(u)s erat i(n) nobis .

8 C um exurg(er)ent homines in nos : [123:3] forte vi-

9 vos deglutissent nos . [line filler]

10 C um irasceretur furor eorum in nos : [123:4] for-

11 sitan aqua absorbuisset nos . [line filler]

12 [123:5] T orrentem p(er)transivit anima n(ost)ra : for-

13 sitan p(er)transisset anima n(ost)ra aquam intol

14 lerabilem . [line filler]

15 [123:6] B enedictus dominus qui non dedit nos

16 in captionem dentib(us) eorum . [line filler]

17 [123:7] A nima n(ost)ra sicut passer erepta est : de la-

18 queo venancium . [line filler]

19 L aqueus contritus e(st) : et nos lib(er)ati sumus .

20 [123:8] A diutorium n(ost)r(u)m in no(m)i(n)e d(omi)ni qui fecit ce-

21 lum et terram . [line filler]

22 [124:1] Q Ui confidunt in d(omi)no sicut mons sy-

Notes:

A Letters: a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,l,m,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u/v,x,y.

Capitals: D,I,U.

B Versals: A,B,C,E,F,I,L,M,N,P,Q,R,S,T.

C Small guide letters are written underneath many (all) versals.

D Alternative forms of letters ‘a’(2), ‘i’(2), ‘r’(2) and ‘s’(3).

E There is only one form of ‘d’ - with a sloping ascender.

F Fusion between letters ‘ba’, ‘da’, ‘de’, ‘do’, ‘pa’ and ‘pe’.

G Elision between letters ‘ci’, ‘cu’, ‘fi’, ‘fr’, ‘ru’, ‘ti’, ‘tr’ and ‘tu’.

H Bifurcation in ascenders of letters ‘b’, ‘h’ and ‘l’, but not

on the descenders of ‘p’ or ‘q’.

I Hairlines on letters ‘h’, round ‘r’, final ‘s’, ‘(us)’ ending,

and the ‘(rum)’ ending.

J The diacritic on ‘i’ is a curled hairline.

K Ligature of ‘ct’, e.g. in ‘Benedictus’ (verso, line 15).

L Ligature of ‘st’, e.g. in ‘est’ (verso, line 4).

M In the abbreviation of ‘per’, e.g. in ‘superbis’ (verso, line 5)

the descender of ‘p’ is crossed by two dots. This is typically

English.

N In ‘anima’ (verso, line 4), the scribe has written too many

minims.

O Some ascenders, especially on ‘b’, ‘d’ and ‘h’, are very short.

P With the letter ‘y’ (verso, line 22) the top of the body is

below the headline, and the letter is dotted above the letter.

The descender is a hairline.

Q There is a large use of standard abbreviations.

R Abbreviation of ‘ipsum’ (recto, line 4).

S Abbreviation of ‘fratres’ (recto, line 13).

T Abbreviation of ‘pertransivit’ (verso, line 12).

U Abbreviation of ‘quia’ (verso, line 7).

MS 104

Latin

1 leaf

Material: Vellum leaf