Psalter: Psalterium

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Title

Psalter: Psalterium

Date

15th c.

Contributor

Ege, Otto F.

Description

Leaf 42. "This leaf from the Book of Psalms was written from the Benedictine monastery of St. Stephan in Wurzburg and dated 1499 A.D. The book hand closely resembles the fine early gothic types called lettre de forme and used by Fust and Schoeffer in their superb Psalter issued in 1457" (Ege). "A close examination indicates that the scribe apparently tried to imitate printing type characters in many instances."
Possible insect damage. Recto notes: number 137 written top right in ink.

Extent

31 x 43 cm.

Medium

Manuscript

Subject

Psalters--Germany--Wurzburg
Bible. Psalms
Benedictines--Manuscripts
Manuscripts, Medieval--Germany--Wurzburg
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)

Language

Latin

Source

Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century.

Is Part Of

Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century. Otto F. Ege.

Provenance

Ege, Otto F.

Rights

No Known Copyright
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
This is a rights statement for the compound object consisting of the medieval manuscript leaf and the information card provided by Otto Ege. The leaf has No Copyright in the United States. The card has No Known Copyright. Determination was attempted and based on Ege's death date and possible publication date. It was concluded that the card is probably not in copyright.

Type

Text

Format

image/jpeg

Identifier

spc_ege_000104080_42

Spatial Coverage

Wurzburg (Germany)

VRA Core

Work Attributes

Description

Angular Gothic, Gothic notation

Location

Special Collections and University Archives, Stony Brook University Libraries
Z109 .E4 YSMS Spec 31794000831238

Date

15th c.

Elements

Date
  • @dataDate 2017-10-02 19:29:15
earliestDate
1400
  • @dataDate 2017-10-02 19:29:15
latestDate
1499
  • @dataDate 2017-10-02 19:29:15