Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode, Archief, Sectie IV, hs. 415

Liturgical psalter (fragment)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-10223

Title

Liturgical psalter (fragment)

Collection

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode

Shelfmark

Scherpenheuvel-Zichem, Abdij der Norbertijnen van Averbode, Archief, Sectie IV, hs. 415

Manuscript Category

liturgy

Document type

psalter

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-211s/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-10222

Leaf count

1 fol.

Binding

Binding type

No cover

Remaining fragment

UNIT ID

mmfc-10221

Page range

fol. 133

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 leaf

Language

Latin (main)

Origin

Date
16th century (Diana Goodwin)
Place
Flanders (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Decoration in Ghent-Bruges style

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

1

Foliation

Medieval foliation (on verso)

Page dimensions

h: 475 mm x w: 333 mm (fol. 133)

Layout

Section 1
fol. 133r-v (fol. 133r)
Columns
1
Lines
18; lines ruled: 19 (written below top line)
Layout formula
| T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Ink ruling
Prickings
prickings visible in outer margin; prickings visible in inner margin
Text dimensions
h: 340 mm x w: 215 mm
Margins
Top margin: 45 mm, inner margin: 47 mm

Writing

Script

Northern gothica textualis (Northern gothica textualis formata)

Decoration

Type

illuminated, border in Ghent-Bruges style, versals, plain initials, ornamental initials, trompe-l'oeil initials, colour stroking, rubrics

Description

3-line trompe-l'loeil initial Q in ochre and gold acanthus leaves on a green background, set in a square frame, with a truncated Ghent-Bruges border piece framing the initial on two sides in the upper left corner of the page.

1. Psalms 2 and 8

UNIT ID

mmfc-53519

Page range

fol. 133r-v

Title

Psalms 2 and 8

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

Textual content
The text begins with an illuminated initial Q (Quare fremuerunt gentes) introducing the second psalm in its entirety. This is followed immediately by Psalm 8 (Domine dominus noster). The text ends at the bottom of the page in the middle of verse 7.

Ike de Loos (2001) describes this leaf as belonging to a psalter, but the psalms in a psalter would normally occur in numerical order. Furthermore, it's unlikely that Psalm 2 would only appear on page 133 of a psalter rather than at the beginning. It's more likely that these two psalms were added at the end of another kind of manuscript, perhaps a deluxe breviary? 
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragment
      1. 1. Psalms 2 and 8