MS. Ashmole 1523
Summary Catalogue no.: 8229
The Bromholm PsalterPsalter ('The Bromholm Psalter'); England (?Norwich), early 14th century, with additions, mid-15th century
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Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Decoration
Fine borders.
Historiated initials.
Other initials. Partly defaced. (P&A iii. 537, pl. LII, fols. 1-168).
Fols. 169-258: fine borders, historiated and other initials. In four different styles. Additions to a Psalter of 14th century beginning. Line endings also added throughout. On fol. 212v 'Wils' sad', possibly one of the artists. (P&A iii. 982)
History
Record Sources
Summary description based on Elizabeth Solopova, Latin Liturgical Psalters in the Bodleian Library: A Select Catalogue (Oxford, 2013), pp. 143-52. Previously described in the Quarto Catalogue (W. H. Black, A descriptive, analytical, and critical catalogue of the manuscripts bequeathed unto the University of Oxford by Elias Ashmole Esq...., Quarto Catalogues X, 1845).
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (38 images from 35mm slides)
Bibliography
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Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.