Manuscript leaf from a Psalter(?), in Latin, produced in Italy

Text: From a Psalter(?), in Latin

Script: Southern Textualis Formata (Rotunda)

The text is taken from part of Psalm 129.

The writing is in a single column of thirteen lines of a large bold Rotunda script. Lines are in black ink.

There is a two-line initial 'D' in burnished gold on a blue, green and magenta ground with white tracery as well as a marginal elaboration incorporating gold bezants. There are five one-line initials in gold or blue with blue or red penwork. Rubrics are in red.

Recto side:

1 ex hac presenti vita [line filler]

2 egredier . sed parce mi-

3 chi d(omi)ne iesu (christ)e fili

4 dei vivi in Illa hora [line filler]

5 confundantar qui [line filler]

6 me persequentur et

7 non confundar ego

8 d(omi)ne deus meus quia

9 tibi revelavi causam

10 meam d(omi)ne libera ani-

11 mam meam . p(salmu)s d(avi)d

12 [129:1] D E profundis cla- [Psalm 129

13 mavi ad te d(omi)ne

Verso side:

1 [129:2] d(omi)ne exaudi vocem [mea(m)] F i-

2 ant aures tue intende(n)tes .

3 in vocem deprecationis [line filler]

4 mee . [129:3] S i iniquitates ob-

5 servaveris d(omi)ne . d(omi)ne q(ui)s

6 sustinebit . [129:4] Q uia ap(u)d

7 te propitiatio est . et pro-

8 pter legem tuam susti-

9 nui te d(omi)ne . S ustinu-

10 it anima mea in verbo [line filler]

11 eius . [129:5] speravit a(n)i(m)a mea i(n)

12 d(omi)no . [129:6] A custodia matu-

13 tina usq(ue) ad noctem . spe-

Notes:

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

Capitals: E,I.

B Versals: A,D,F,Q,S.

C Alternative forms of letters ‘d’(2), ‘r’(2) ‘m’(2) and ‘s’(2).

The upright ‘d’ is used in ‘david’ (recto, line 11).

A sideways ‘m’ is used in ‘noctem’ (verso, line 13).

D Fusion between letters ‘be’, ‘de’, ‘oc’, ‘od’, ‘ho’ and ‘pe’.

E Elision between letters ‘cu’, ‘fi’, ‘ti’ and ‘tu’.

F Ligature of letters ‘st’, e.g. in ‘est’ (verso, line 7).

G Use of ‘xp’ in place of Greek ‘chi-rho’ in ‘christe’ (recto, line 3).

H Abbreviation of ‘david’ (recto, line 11).

I Abbreviation of ‘quis’ (verso, line 5).

J Abbreviation of ‘anima’ (verso, line 11).

K Abbreviation of ‘usque’ (verso, line 13).

L Many lines end with a brief line filler consisting of an ‘i’ with a bar through it.

M A correction has been made to the first line of the verso side. A double vertical

line with two circles indicates where the missing word ‘meam’ should be inserted.