Details for manuscript 541

Manuscript №: 541
Location: London
Collection: British Library
Reference: Royal 2 B VII
Headnote: Queen Mary's Psalter
Estimated date of production: s.xiv (in)
Folia: 319
Place of production: Westminster
Produced for: "Isabella [Isabella of France] (1295 - 1358), queen of England"
Notes: "Origin: Isabella [Isabella of France] (1295 - 1358), queen of England, consort of Edward II: perhaps made for her (see discussion Smith 1993 and Stanton 1996 and 2003), or Edward II [Edward of Caernarfon] (1284 - 1327), king of England and lord of Ireland, and duke of Aquitaine: Edward the Confessor is included in gold in the calendar (f. 80v)."; "Henry Manners, 2nd earl of Rutland (1526 - 1563), courtier and soldier, arrested at the accession of Queen Mary in 1553"; owned by Queen Mary
Sources for this record: http://searcharchives.bl.uk/IAMS_VU2:IAMS040-002105818; https://www.europeana.eu/portal/en/record/9200397/BibliographicResource_3000126285736.html

Manuscript contents

Contents
Text	Title	Language	Start folio (ordinal)	End folio (ordinal)	Total pages
1	Old Testament Picture Book (Dean no. 465)	French	1r (1)	66v (132)	132.0
2	Calendar	Latin	71r (141)	83v (166)	26.0
3	Psalter	Latin	84r (167)	280r (559)	393.0
4	Canticles	Latin	280v (560)	302r (603)	44.0
5	Litany	Latin	302v (604)	318v (636)	33.0

Owners
Owner number	Owner	Period	Gender	Type	Source
1	John Eltonhed(?), 15th-century	s.xv	man		https://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=5234&CollID=15&NStart=1176