MSS 10

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Title

MSS 10

Description

Psalter: Isaiah Chapter 10 (To Change Later)

Origin

France

Date

c. 1475

Language

Latin

Dimensions

215 x 150 mm (140 x 92 mm)

Handwriting

Gothic Textualis

Material

Parchment

Pricking and Ruling

Visible pricking marks on the outside margin. Light brown ruling lines that extend horizontally and vertically; most likely composed in plummet or some sort of lead.

Mise-en-page

Fol. 1r:
31 lines of gothic text divided into two columns. Text is slightly off center with wider right margin. Script is small and compact with ample flourishes, slashes, and abbreviations. Multiple rubrications that signal psalm divisions or other sections of the text. Two initials on this page that take up two lines respectively. The one rubricated in red begins on line eighteen of the left column; the second delineated in blue occupies the eighth line of the second column of text. No additional adornment or decoration besides the rubrications and their associated abbreviations.

Fol. 1v:
31 lines of gothic text divided into two columns. Text is slightly off center with wider left margin. Script is small and compact with ample flourishes, slashes, and abbreviations. Multiple rubrications that signal psalm divisions or other sections of the text. Two initials on this page that take up two lines respectively. The one rubricated in red begins on the first line of the left column; the second delineated in blue occupies the twenty-fourth line of text in the same column. A significant amount of the text in the second column is rubricated (lines 14 to 27). This may indicate a part of the psalm that is intended to be spoken aloud as a response to the religious text. No additional adornment or decoration besides the rubrications and their associated abbreviations.

Punctuation

Simple punctus used frequently. Significant number of forward diagonal slashes towards the conclusion of certain lines to indicate where certain words are enjambed.

Marginalia

Fol. 1r:
In the bottom right corner the following number is written in pencil in modern hand: ST 9059-103. This is the call number that corresponds to the Pirages description of the leaf.

Fol. 1v:
None.

Provenance and History

Acquired from California Book Fair Purchases in 2016.

Object Number

10

Citation

“MSS 10,” Manuscript Leaves , accessed October 5, 2024, https://manuscriptleaves.watzekdi.net/items/show/8.