Psalter

"16mo (appr. 10.5 x 9 cm, 4.125 x 3.5"). [1] f. This leaf contains the latter part of Psalm 66 (67) and part of the canticle Benedicite omnia opera Domini Domino . . . (Daniel 3:57–88 & 56, according to the versification of the Vulgate). Psalm 66 joined with Psalm 62 (63) served as the third, and the Benedicite as the fourth, psalm at Lauds on Sundays and feasts in the classical Roman rite—though they are present without an intervening antiphon. Nonetheless, given their proximity, they must have formed part of that office, and this leaf is therefore likely from a book of hours or a breviary.nnThere are 1 two-line and 7 one-line initials on the recto and 7 one-line initials on the verso. The initials are in gold framed in black, pink, and blue, with white tracery inside. Line fillers are used from the end of the verse to the left hand rule, where there is room, and they are in a similar style to the initials—pink and blue with white tracery inside and with gilt roundels, rectangles, and triangular shapes, all bordered in black. The pages are delicately ruled in pink, 20 lines to the page. The text is in black textura gothic, with the exception of the word psalmus at the end of Psalm 66, which is in pink. The pink used is a reddish-purple.nnOn the outside edge of text on each page is an illuminated border with flowers in three gilt compartments: The compartments on the recto contain (from top to bottom) small blue flowers, roses, and thistle; on the verso are small blue flowers, roses, and what looks like blue lilies. Between the compartments are volutes foliated gold and blue on a background speckled black with a few touches of gold.nnIn a simple white mat with both sides visible. Some light smudging.",Full pdf available, https://dl.mospace.umsystem.edu/mu/islandora/object/mu%3A439495/datastream/PDF/view