Psalter [Fragment]

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Language: Latin. Incipit: Sede a dextris meis dixit dominus domino meo. Explicit: escam dedit timentibus se Memor erit in seculum testa//[-mentum]. Folio range: [1]r-v

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A fragment of a German psalter produced in the late fourteenth or first half of the fifteenth century. Contains Psalm 109 and the beginning of Psalm 110. A later hand added musical notation of psalm tones in the upper and outer margins by the beginning of each text.

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Records created or enhanced by the Peripheral Manuscript Project’s Description team, led by Dr. Elizabeth K. Hebbard and Dr. Sarah L. Noonan.

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Physical type: Fragment. Fragment type: Detached. Classification: Leaf (untrimmed). Support material: Parchment. Page dimensions (in mm): 344 x 268. Written area (in mm): 260 x 166. Line height (in mm): 15.2. Script: Gothic. Script type: Quadrata. Layout: One column, ruled in ink for seventeen lines. Sewing stations visible in the gutter that remains attached. Number of columns: 1. Number of lines: 17. Decoration: Three- and two-line red initials with some penwork in text ink. One-line capitals in red, and rubrication. Musical notation: Psalm tones added by a later hand directly adjacent to the beginning of each psalm. Neumatic notation on four or five staff lines with letter-clef on F.

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