Manuscript leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, produced in Italy

MS 5650/115

Manuscript leaf from a Psalter, in Latin, produced in Italy

c.1300-1350

Text: From a Psalter, in Latin

Script: Textualis Formata (Textus Quadratus)

The text, in two columns of thirty-two lines per column, shows Psalms 111 and 112 and parts of Psalms 110 and 113. The text on the recto is somewhat worn but is clearer on the verso and is in a black ink. Rubrics are in red.

On the recto there is elaborate penwork tracery in red and blue with two line-drawn bird-like drollery creatures to the left of each column of text. One bird appears to be eating a frog. The other bird, with a human-like head, is looking upwards.

Transcription

Recto side, column 1:

1 [110:8] -data eius confirmata in

2 s(e)c(u)l(u)m s(e)c(u)li f(a)c(t)a in v(er)itate et

3 equitate [110:9] R ede(m)ptione(m)

4 misit d(omi)n(u)s p(o)p(u)lo suo ma(n)-

5 davit i(n) et(er)num testam(en)tu(m)

6 suum S (an)c(tu)m (et) t(er)ribile no-

7 men eius . [110:10] initium sap(ient)ie

8 timor d(omi)ni . I ntellectus

9 bonus o(mn)ib(us) facientibus

10 eum laudatio eius ma(n)et

11 in s(e)c(u)l(u)m s(e)c(u)li a(ntiphona) fide(li)a o(mn)ia

12 mandata ei(us) confirmata in

13 s(e)c(u)l(u)m s(e)c(u)li a(ntiphona) In ma(n)datis . p(salmu)s

14 [111:1] B Eatus vir qui timet d(avi)d .

15 d(omi)n(u)m i(n) ma(n)datis ei(us) volet

16 nimis [111:2] P ote(n)s i(n) t(er)ra erit

17 s(e)m(e)n eius g(e)n(er)atio recto-

18 rum b(e)n(e)dicetur . [111:3] G l(ori)a et

19 divitie i(n) domo eius et

20 iustitia eius manet i(n) se-

21 culum s(e)c(u)li . [111:4] E xortu(m) e(st) i(n)

22 tenebris lum(en) rectis . mi-

23 sericors (et) mis(er)ator (et) iust(us) .

24 [111:5] I ocundus h(om)o qui mis(er)et(ur)

25 (et) com(m)odat . disponet ser-

26 mones suos i(n) iudicio . [111:6] q(uia)

27 in et(er)num n(on) com(m)ovebit(ur)

28 [111:7] I n memoria et(er)na erit

29 iustus ab auditio(n)e ma-

30 la n(on) timebit P aratu(m) co(r)

31 eius sp(er)are in d(omi)no [111:8] (con)fi(r)ma-

32 tu(m) e(st) cor eius n(on) com(m)ovebi-

Recto side, column 2:

1 tur . donec despiciat ini-

2 micos suos . [111:9] D isp(er)sit de-

3 dit paup(er)ib(us) iustitia ei(us)

4 manet in s(e)c(u)l(u)m s(e)c(u)li co[rnu]

5 eius exaltabitur i(n) g[loria]

6 [111:10] P eccator videbit (et) [ira]-

7 scetur dentib(us) suis fre-

8 met (et) tabescet . deside[rium]

9 peccator(um) p(er)ibit . a(ntiphona) In ma(n)-

10 datis ei(us) volet minus . a(ntiphona) Sit

11 nom(en) d(ominu)m p(salmu)s d(avi)d

12 [112:1] L Audate pueri d(omi)n(u)m lau-

13 date nomen d(omi)ni . [112:2] S it no-

14 men domini b(e)n(e)dic[tum]

15 ex hoc nunc et usq(ue) i(n) [se]-

16 culum [112:3] A solis ortu [usque]

17 ad occasum . laudabile

18 nom(en) d(omi)ni [112:4] E xcelsus sup(er)

19 om(ne)s g(en)tes d(omi)n(u)s . (et) sup(er) cel[os]

20 gl(ori)a eius . [112:5] Q uis si[cut dominus deus]

21 n(oste)r qui in altis h[abitat]

22 [112:6] (et) humilia respic[it] i(n) c[elo]

23 (et) in terra [112:7] S uscitans a t(er)ra

24 inope(m) (et) de st(er)core erigens

25 paup(er)e(m) . [112:8] U t collocet eu(m) cu(m)

26 principib(us) cu(m) [principibus]

27 p(o)p(u)li sui . [112:9] Q ui h(ab)itare facit

28 sterile(m) in domo . matrem

29 filiorum leta(n)te(m) a(ntiphona) S [it no-]

30 [men] domini b[ene]dicta(m) [ ]

31 a(ntiphona) [ ] p(salmu)s d(avi)d

32 [113:1] I [n exitu israhel de] egyp[to do]-

Verso side, column 1:

1 mus iacob de p(o)p(u)lo ba(r)ba-

2 ro [113:2] F acta e(st) iudea s(an)c(t)ifica-

3 tio eius . isr(ahe)l potestas ei(us) .

4 [113:3] M are vidit (et) fugit . ior-

5 danis (con)v(er)sus e(st) retrorsum .

6 [113:4] M ontes exultaveru(n)t ut

7 arietes (et) colles sicut agni

8 ovium . [113:5] Q uid e(st) tibi ma-

9 re q(uod) fugisti (et) tu iordani(s)

10 q(uia) co(n)versus es retrorsum .

11 [113:6] M ontes exultastis sicut

12 arietes (et) colles sicut a-

13 gni ovium . [113:7] A facie d(omi)ni

14 mota e(st) t(er)ra a facie dei ia-

15 cob . [113:8] Q ui conv(er)tit petra(m) i(n)

16 stagna aquaru(m) (et) rupe(m) in

17 fontes aquaru(m) . [113:9] N o(n) nob(is)

18 d(omi)ne n(on) nobis . s(ed) no(min)i tuo

19 da gl(ori)am . [113:10] S uper mi(sericordi)a tua

20 (et) veritate tua nequa(n)do

21 dicant g(en)t(e)s ubi e(st) d(eu)s eo-

22 rum . [113:11] D eus aut(em) n(oste)r i(n) celo .

23 o(mn)ia quecumq(ue) voluit fe-

24 cit [113:12] Simulacra gentium

25 argentu(m) (et) aurum . opera

26 manuu(m) hominu(m) . [113:13] O s ha-

27 bent (et) n(on) loq(ue)ntur . oc(u)los ha-

28 bent (et) n(on) videb(un)t . [113:14] A ures ha-

29 bent (et) n(on) audient . nares ha-

30 bent (et) n(on) odorabunt . [113:15] M a-

31 nus h(a)b(e)nt (et) n(on) palpabunt .

32 pedes h(abe)nt (et) n(on) ambulab(un)t

Verso side, column 2:

1 n(on) clamabu(n)t i(n) gutture

2 suo . [113:16] S imiles ill(is) fia(n)t qui

3 faciunt ea (et) o(mne)s qui (con)fi-

4 dunt i(n) eis . [113:17] D omus isr(ahe)l

5 speravit in d(omi)no . adiutor

6 eorum (et) p(ro)tector eor(um) est .

7 [113:18] D omus aaron speravit

8 i(n) d(omi)no . adiutor eor(um) (et) pro-

9 tector eorum e(st) . [113:19] Q ui ti-

10 ment d(omi)n(u)m sp(er)aver(un)t i(n) do-

11 mino . adiutor eor(um) (et) p(ro)-

12 tector eor(um) e(st) [113:20] D (omi)n(u)s me[mor] fu-

13 it n(ost)ri (et) b(e)n(e)dix(it) nob(is) B [ene]dix(it)

14 [domui israhel benedixit domui aaron]

15 [113:21] B(e)n(e)d(ixit) o(mni)b(us) q(ui) tim(en)t d(omi)n(u)m pusill(is)

16 cu(m) maio(r)ib(us) . [113:22] A diciat d(omi)n(u)s

17 sup(er) vos . sup(er) vos (et) sup(er)

18 filios v(est)ros . [113:23] B enedicti

19 vos a d(omi)no . qui fec(it) celum

20 (et) t(er)ram . [113:24] C elu(m) celi d(omi)no .

21 t(er)ram aut(em) dedit filiis ho-

22 minu(m) . [113:25] N (on) mortui lau-

23 dabunt te d(omi)ne neq(ue) o(mne)s

24 qui descendunt i(n) infer-

25 num . [113:26] S ed nos qui vivi-

26 mus b(e)n(e)dicim(us) d(omi)no . ex hoc

27 nunc (et) usq(ue) i(n) s(e)c(u)l(u)m . ant(iphona) .

28 Nos qui vivim(us) b(e)n(e)dicimus

29 d(omi)no . ymnus . Lucis ca(n)to(n)

30 V(ersus) Dirigatur d[ ]

31 R(esponsorium) Sic( )m ce( )su(m) i(n) (con)spectu tuo .

32 fer(ia) . ii . ad vesp(eras) . a(ntiphona) . Inclinav(it) d(eus) .

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,A,D,E,I,R,S,V.

B Versals: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,I,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,U.

C Alternative versions of letters ‘d’(2), ‘i’(2), ‘m’(2), ‘r’(3) and ‘s’(2).

There is a descender on the letter ‘i’ in ‘agni’ (verso 1, line 7).

There is a sideways letter ‘m’ in ‘gentium’ (verso 1, line 24).

There is the small letter ‘R’ in ‘infirnum’ (verso 2, lines 24-25).

D Fusion of letters ‘de’, ‘os’, ‘pe’, ‘po’ and ‘pp’, and possibly others.

E Elision of letters ‘fi’, ‘fu’, ‘gi’ and ‘ti’, and possibly others.

F Ligature of ‘st’, e.g. in ‘potestas’ (verso 1, line 3).

G Use of uncrossed Tironian ‘et’ (e.g. verso 1, line 4).

H Abbreviation of ‘populo’ (verso 1, line 1).

I Abbreviation of ‘conversus’ (verso 1, line 5).

J Abbreviation of ‘quod’ (verso 1, line 9).

K Abbreviation of ‘quia’ (verso 1, line 10).

L Abbreviation of ‘misericordia’ (verso 1, line 19).

M Abbreviation of ‘eorum’ (verso 2, line 8).

N Abbreviation of ‘seculum’ (verso 2, line 27).

MS 115

Latin

1 leaf

Material: Vellum leaf