Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 181: PsaltercontributorDiane BiunnocatalogerAmey HutchinsCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 181: Psalter are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 181: Psalter. This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Fourteenth-century cursive inscriptions in Flemish in the lower margins on fols. 11v, 29v, 62r, 62v, 64v, 79v, 100v, 104r and 149rQuires from fols. 97r-109v are loose, and fols. 110r-115v are partially detachedFolio 1v: modern forgery, Beatus initial with David playing the harp and David and Goliath; NY: PML MS M. 97, (folio 24v) the 13th century Psalter-Hours on which this forgery was based, was in the collections of William Morris (1834-1896) and Richard Bennett (1844-1900) in the nineteenth century; it was given to the Pierpont Morgan Library in 1924; see http://corsair.morganlibrary.orgPaper flyleavesDe Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W. J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), p. 2028, no. 20.Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Library, 1937), p. 195-196, no. 181.United StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 181https://know.freelibrary.org/Record/14576982012This manuscript is a Gallican psalter, followed by Canticles, the Athanasian Creed, a litany, and the Office of the Dead. Copied in textualis in Flanders in the mid-thirteenth century, it is extensively illuminated with small inhabited initials with busts and three-quarter borders with abstract vegetal motifs characteristic of the Tweede group of manuscripts from the Ghent-Bruges region of Flanders. A single leaf was added at the beginning with a modern full-page illuminated incipit of the beginning of Psalm 1, "Beatus vir."LatinPsalterformer ownerJackson, Johan C.former ownerCampbell, Alexander, Sirformer ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-19321vGallican Psalter170vCanticles187rAthanasian Creed190rLitany192rOffice of the Dead
Parchment
i+198+ii; 127 x 95 mm bound to 132 x 102 mmModern foliation in pencil, upper right recto and lower right recto
Structure uncertain
One column of seventeen lines; lead point ruling; written area: 75 x 55 mmGothic--textualisOne full-page initial (a modern forgery, Beatus initial with David playing the harp and David and Goliath, fol. 1v); five eleven-line historiated and inhabited initials, fol. 25v (Psalm 26), fol. 43v (Psalm 38), fol. 60r (Psalm 51), fol. 61r (Psalm 52), and fol. 76v (Psalm 68); four-line historiated and inhabited initials with busts throughout; three-quarter borders with zoomorphic terminals throughout; the abstracted vegetal motifs in the border decoration are characteristic of the "Tweede" group of manuscripts produced in the Ghent-Bruges region of Flanders, or modern-day Belgium1vFull-page illuminated incipit, Beatus vir, historiated initial B, David playing the harp; David and Goliath2rInhabited initial Q, a man3rInhabited initial D, a nun3vHistoriated initial C, Virgin Mary4rInhabited initial U, a man5rInhabited initial D, King David6rInhabited initial D, Virgin Mary7rInhabited initial D, a saint7vInhabited initial C, a saint10vInhabited initial S, two men11vInhabited initial A, a man12rHistoriated initial D, Saint Peter12vInhabited initial D, a saint13vIlluminated initial C14rIlluminated initial E18rInhabited initial C, a saint19rIlluminated initial E20rInhabited initial D, a saint21rInhabited initial O, a saint23rInhabited initial D, a saint23vInhabited initial D, a man25vHistoriated initial D, Jesus with altar, chalice, and host27rInhabited initial A, a monk preparing parchment28rInhabited initial A, a saint28vIlluminated initial E31vIlluminated initial B32vInhabited initial E, a nun34rInhabited initial B, a monk38rInhabited initial O, a monk39rInhabited initial N, a man41vHistoriated initial D, Jesus43vHistoriated initial D, Jesus with altar and chalice45rIlluminated initial E47rHistoriated initial B, Jesus48rInhabited initial O, a saint49vInhabited initial D, a man51vIlluminated initial E53rInhabited initial D, a nun54rHistoriated initial O, Jesus with two apostles54vHistoriated initial A, Jesus55vInhabited initial A, a nun57rHistoriated initial D, Jesus58vIlluminated initial M60rHistoriated initial Q, Jesus confronts a devil61rInhabited initial D, Fool with a club and bread62rInhabited initial D, a man62vInhabited initial E, a monk64vInhabited initial M, nun and a man65vInhabited initial M, a saint(?)66rIlluminated initial S67rIlluminated initial E68rIlluminated initial N69rInhabited initial D, saint(?)69vIlluminated initial E70vInhabited initial D, a nun73rInhabited initial D, a monk73vIlluminated initial E76vHistoriated initial S, David raising his arms toward Christ79vHistoriated initial D, Virgin Mary82rInhabited initial D, a man83vInhabited initial Q, a monk85rInhabited initial U, a man87rInhabited initial C, a monk88rInhabited initial N, a saint89rInhabited initial U, a man90vInhabited initial A, a saint95vInhabited initial D, a man96vInhabited initial Q, a saint97vInhabited initial Q, a saint98rInhabited initial B, a saint100rInhabited initial F, a man100vInhabited initial D, a woman104rInhabited initial D, a saint105vInhabited initial Q, devil (?)106vIlluminated initial B, a saint107vInhabited initial D, devil108rIlluminated initial D, a saint109vInhabited initial U, a monk110rInhabited initial C, a monk111rInhabited initial D, a man112vIlluminated initial M114vInhabited initial B, a saint116rInhabited initial B(?)118rInhabited initial C(?)121rInhabited initial C(?)124rInhabited initial C, a saint127rIlluminated initial P129rInhabited initial C(?)129vInhabited initial B130rIlluminated initial L132vInhabited initial D, two nuns133rHistoriated initial C, King David(?)133vInhabited initial C, a nun135vInhabited initial B, a saint136vIlluminated initial R137rIlluminated initial A137vIlluminated initial L138rIlluminated initial E138vIlluminated initial M139rInhabited initial P, a saint139vInhabited initial B, a saint140vInhabited initial N(?)141rInhabited initial D, a woman142rInhabited initial Q, a saint142vInhabited initial L, a man143vIlluminated initial F144rIlluminated initial M145rInhabited initial C, a man145vInhabited initial U, a saint146rInhabited initial P, a saint146vInhabited initial D, a man147vInhabited initial A, a nun148rIlluminated initial L148vIlluminated initial L149rIlluminated initial A149vInhabited initial N, a saint150rInhabited initial Q, a saint151rInhabited initial N, a saint151vInhabited initial B, a saint152rIlluminated initial S152vInhabited initial D, a saint153rInhabited initial D, a saint153vIlluminated initial M154vIlluminated initial E155rIlluminated initial E155rIlluminated initial L156vInhabited initial C, a saint157vIlluminated initial S158rInhabited initial C, a nun159rInhabited initial D, a saint160vIlluminated initial E161vInhabited initial D, a saint162vInhabited initial D, a saint163vIlluminated initial B164vIlluminated initial E166vIlluminated initial L167rIlluminated initial L168rIlluminated initial L168vInhabited initial L, a nun169vInhabited initial D, a monk170rIlluminated initial L170vInhabited initial C, a saint171rInhabited initial E, a monk172rInhabited initial E, a man173vInhabited initial C, a saint175rInhabited initial D, a man177vInhabited initial A, a man182rInhabited initial D, a man183vInhabited initial B, a saint185rInhabited initial B, a man186rInhabited initial N, a monk186vInhabited initial N, a nun187rInhabited initial Q, a saint190rInhabited initial R, king David192rInhabited initial P, nude male(?)192vInhabited initial P, a man193vInhabited initial D, a man194rIlluminated initial M195rInhabited initial R, a saint195vInhabited initial H, a man196rIlluminated initial Q197rIlluminated initial S197vInhabited initial P, a man198vInhabited initial P, a man198vIlluminated initial D, a nun
Nineteenth-century English green morocco, gilt tooled and blind-stamped; gilt edges
Circa 1270
Flanders"Johan C. Jackson 1853" written above the text on folio 2; "Sir Alexander Campbell 1883-4" on verso of front flyleaf; E. H. Van Ingen; sale, Anderson Galleries, New York, November 25, 1897, lot 117, illus.; John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936Book TypeAccountsAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryDocumentDogaleFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGradualHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHymnalKoranLectionaryMass bookMiscellanyMissalPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookSaint's LifeScribal manualTorahTreatiseCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianByzantineCarolingianChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFlemishFrenchGermanIndianIslamicItalianJewishMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalBinding wasteCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyPsalter13th centuryFlemishIlluminationInhabited initialHistoriated initialFlandersLiturgyBiblical