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Details for manuscript 433

Manuscript №
433
Location
London
Collection
British Library
Reference
Cotton Nero C IV
Headnote
Winchester Psalter
Estimated date of production
s.xii (2)
Folia
141
Place of production
Hampshire
Produced for
Winchester
Notes
"Mid 12th century-2nd half of the 13th century"; "(?)Henry de Blois, bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1096, d. 1171), for whom this manuscript may have been made: see Ker, Medieval Libraries of Great Britain , p. 200, where the manuscript is attributed on liturgical grounds to the Old Minster, Winchester (Benedictine cathedral priory of SS Peter, Paul and Swithun)"; "(?)Elizabeth Howard (d. 1524): Tite, The Early Records of Sir Robert Cotton's Library , p. 134 and no. 2.58, either this manuscript or Cotton MS Tiberius C VI ("An old psalter. Limned that was Eliz the Duke of Norfocks daughter old bound in Foll.")"
Sources for this record
http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102671
https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/92037/_http___www_bl_uk_onlinegallery_onlineex_illmanus_cottmanucoll_a_zoomify75339_html.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text Title Language Start folio (ordinal) End folio (ordinal) Total pages
1 Prefatory cycle comprising 38 full-page miniatures, with captions in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 2r–39v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 986; Latin 2r (3) 39v (78) 38.0
2 Prefatory cycle comprising 38 full-page miniatures, with captions in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 2r–39v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 986; French 2r (3) 39v (78) 38.0
3 Calendar, in Latin (ff. 40r–45v); Latin 40r (79) 45v (90) 12.0
4 Gallican Psalter, in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 46r–123v: imperfect): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 445; Latin 46r (91) 123v (246) 77.75
5 Gallican Psalter, in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 46r–123v: imperfect): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 445; French 46r (91) 123v (246) 77.75
6 Canticles, in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 123v–132r): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 457; Latin 123v (246) 132r (263) 8.58
7 Canticles, in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 123v–132r): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 457; French 123v (246) 132r (263) 8.58
8 Litany in Latin (f. 132r–v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 457; French 132r (263) 132v (264) 1.33
9 Prayers in Latin (ff. 133r–141v) and in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 142r–v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 457. Latin 142r (283) 142v (284) 1.0
10 Prayers in Latin (ff. 133r–141v) and in Latin and Anglo-Norman French (ff. 142r–v): Dean, Anglo-Norman Literature (1999), no. 457. French 142r (283) 142v (284) 1.0

Owners of this manuscript

Owners
Owner number Owner Period Gender Type Source
1 Winchester s.xii (2) man clerical http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102671
2 Shaftesbury Abbey (Dorset) unknown woman clerical http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102671
3 (?)Elizabeth Howard (d. 1524) s.xv /xvi woman lay http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-001102671