A catalogue of Western manuscripts at the Bodleian Libraries and selected Oxford colleges

MS. Lyell empt. 4

Contents

Psalter (portable)
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Historiated initials, with borders. Other initials gold flourished in purple or blue, or blue flourished in red. Line fillers in gold and blue. (Pächt and Alexander iii. 550, pl. VI)

History

Origin: 14th century, early (before 1319) ; English

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from A. de la Mare, Catalogue of the Medieval Manuscripts Bequeathed to the Bodleian Library Oxford by James P. R. Lyell (1971)

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (3 images from 35mm slides)

Bibliography

    Printed descriptions:

    S. J. P. van Dijk, Latin Liturgical Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, vol. 2: Office Books (typescript, 1957), p. 56

Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.