Christ Church MS. 688
Fragment from a Psalter; ?Netherlands, s. xv.
Contents
Fol. 1ra–vb
Incipit: ||Dixit et uenit cinomia et scinifec in omnibus finibus eorum Posuit pluuias eorum
Explicit: in sempiternum Gloria patri Et irritauerunt eum ad aquas contradiccionis et uexatus est moises||
Psalter (fragment) Psalms 104:31–105:32, from a small Psalter.
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: Fol.: 1 (in a glass frame)
Dimensions (leaf): 168 × 120 mm.
Collation
Layout
In double columns, each column 119 × 33 mm. , with 10 mm between columns, in 30 lines to the column.
No visible page preparation (through the glass).
Hand(s)
Written in gothic textura quadrata.
Punctuation by point only.
Decoration
At the one opening of a psalm, a red heading and two-line blue lombard with red flourishing. Versals have alternate red and blue lombards, the blue with minimal red flourishing.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Donated by Richard Hamer, English Student at ChCh from 1965 and Fellow Librarian from 1987, until his retirement in 2002.
Record Sources
Ralph Hanna and David Rundle, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Western Manuscripts, to c. 1600, in Christ Church, Oxford (Oxford, 2017).
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Christ Church Library.
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2017-07-01: First online publication.