MS |
712 |
MS Short Title |
THE REBDORF PSALTER |
Text |
- Bible: Psalms, Gloss by Anselm of Laon
- Bible: Song of songs (Canticles), Gloss by Anselm of Laon
- Athanasian Creed, Gloss by Anselm of Laon
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Description |
MS in Latin on vellum, Southern Germany, 1st half of 12th c., 168 ff. (complete), 28x18 cm, single column, principal text: (21x7 cm), 18 lines, incl. marginal and interlinear gloss: (21-24x16 cm), up to 65 lines, in Romanesque book script of very good quality, gloss in a smaller more rounded book script, 1 gathering without gloss 2nd half of 12th c., 11 opening lines (text 1) in alternating red and black capitals, 35 large, up to half-page, decorated initials, finely drawn and shaded in penwork with entwined foliage, many with animals, dragons, etc. in colours, 6 large historiated initials including human figures, animals, and dragons, including the 1/3-page Beatus initial, all with foliage finely drawn and shaded in penwork and colours, and of very high quality by The Rebdorf Psalter master. |
Binding |
Augustinian Abbey of St. John the Baptist, Rebdorf, Germany, 15th c., blindtooled pigskin over bevelled wooden boards, sewn on 3 cords, 7 contemporary knotted leather thumb tabs, upper cover lettered "Psalterium" with pressmark "E.1." in two places, top edges lettered "Rebdorf", 2 later brass clasps and catches, front pastedown German 15th c. liturgical MS in a large formal Gothic book script of high grade, rear pastedown German 12th c. MS from a Service-book in Romanesque book script with diastematic (heightened) staffless St. Gallen neumes. |
Provenance |
1. Augustinian Abbey of St. John the Baptist, Rebdorf, Germany (1156?-1803); 2. English or French owner (early 19th c.); 3. Edmund Hunt Dring, Surrey (ca. 1920-1928); 4. Edmund Maxwell Dring, Surrey (1928-1990), acquired via Quaritch from his estate according to his wish, Nov. 1990; 5. De-accessioned to Sam Fogg, July 2008. |
Exhibited |
Oslo Katedralskole 850 år, Jubileumsutstilling 10. - 14. March 2003. |
Place of origin |
Germany |
Dates |
1st half 12c AD |