Manuscript Detail

Acc. 7 d

Psalters and a Book of Hours ; Iceland, England, Norway, 1100-1499

Note
Fragments of Latin parchment manuscripts found in the bindings of manuscripts in the Arnamagnæan Collection.

Contents

Physical Description

History

Origin
Iceland, England, Norwayss. XII-XV.

Additional

Record History

Catalogued May 06, 2021 by EW-J based on the information in Merete Geert Andersen's catalogue.

Part I ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 106

1
Psalter
Filiation

Now transferred to 241 a I fol..

Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

History

Origin
Iceland, ca 1325.

Part II ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 107

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
7. 245 mm x 180 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, s. XIV.

Part III ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 108

1
Psalter
Filiation

Hs 108 and some fragments kept in Reykjavik once belonged to the same manuscript. The fragments in Iceland count the calendar in AM 249 b fol. and Lbs. fragm. 54, Lbs. fragm 56 together with a fragment from Þjóðminjasafn Íslands, Þjms 1799.

Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
4. ca 230 mm x ca 197 mm.

History

Origin
England, s. XII (før 1170).

Part IV ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 109

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
3. ca 225 mm x ca 165 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, c. 1300.

Part V ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 110

1
Psalter
Filiation

The Carmelite calendar in AM 249 a fol and Hs 110 once belonged to the same original manuscript.

Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
29. ca 30 mm x ca 21 mm.
Collation
This part consists of eleven bifolia and seven single leaves.
Layout
The written area measures approximately 213 mm x 135 mm. The lines are ruled with crayon. There are nineteen lines per page.
Condition
The sides of the leaves have been cut down with loss of text; of fols 4-5 and 26-28 only the sixteen bottom lines and the top eighteen lines, respectively, are extant.
Decoration

On fol. 8v a historiated seven-line initial portraying the Resurrection can be found.

Three-line gold-leaf initials occur.

Alternating red or blue one-line initials with palmette-decorations in a contrasting colour.

Alternating red or blue zoomorphic line fillers.

Additions
Antiphons are added in the margins.

History

Origin
England (OCarm), c. 1300.

Part VI ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 111

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
32. ca 280 mm x ca 195 mm.

History

Origin
England, s. XIII.

Part VII ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 112

1
Psalter
Filiation

The calendar in AM 249 d fol, containing a picture of the Crucifixion of Christ, originally belonged to this psalter.

Bibliography

Gjerløw, Liturgica Islandica I: Textp. 144-45 (10r-v).

Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
11. 270 mm x 185 mm.
Foliation
Modern foliation 1-11.
Collation
Three conjoint leaves and five singletons.
Layout
The written area measures 190 mm x 125 mm. Pricking in the outer margins. 23 blind-ruled lines.
Condition
The leaves, which were previously used as binding material, have been cut down and consequently there is a loss of text.
Decoration

Red, blue, green or ruby initials taking up two to three lines with palmette-decorations in a contrasting colour.

Alternately red and green 1-line majuscules.

Rubrics and section marks in red. Red, green, ruby, blue or black ornate line fillers.

Additions
Fol. 8v has interlinear Icelandic translations of Psalm 23,10a and Psalm 24,4b (from ca 1600).

History

Origin
According to Andersen's catalogue, Hs 112 is written in Iceland in the fourteenth century.

Part VIII ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 113

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
18. 185 mm x 135 mm.

History

Origin
England?, s. XII.

Part IX ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 114

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
4. 190 mm x 130 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, c. 1400.

Part X ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 115

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
2. ca 200 mm x ca 150 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, s. XIV.

Part XI ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 116

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
4. ca 250 mm x ca 180 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, c. 1300.

Part XII ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 117

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
1. ca 240 mm x ca 190 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, s. XIV.

Part XIII ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 118

1
Psalterium iuxta hebraeos
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
1. ca 215 mm x ca 130 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, s. XIV.

Part XIV ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 119

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
1. ca 180 mm x ca 105 mm.

History

Origin
Norway, c. 1300.

Part XV ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 120

1
Psalter
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
1. ca 57 mm x ca 100 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, c. 1300.

Part XVI ~ AM Acc 7 d, Hs 121

1
Book of Hours
Language of Text
Latin
Text Class

Physical Description

Support
Parchment.
No. of leaves
1. ca 93 mm x ca 65 mm.

History

Origin
Iceland, s. XV2.

Bibliography

Author: Gjerløw, Lilli
Title: Liturgica Islandica I: Text,
Scope: XXXV
Author: Andersen, Merete Geert
Title: , Katalog over AM Accessoria 7: de latinske fragmenter
Scope: XLVI
Author: Overgaard, Mariane
Title: Kalendariet 249d fol.,
Scope: p. 193-228
Author: Andersen, Merete Geert
Title: Colligere fragmenta, ne pereant,
Scope: p. 1-35
Author: Selma Jónsdóttir
Title: Gripla, History of the English Psalter at Skálholt
Scope: 4
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Contents
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    Part I

  1. Psalter
  2. Part II

  3. Psalter
  4. Part III

  5. Psalter
  6. Part IV

  7. Psalter
  8. Part V

  9. Psalter
  10. Part VI

  11. Psalter
  12. Part VII

  13. Psalter
  14. Part VIII

  15. Psalter
  16. Part IX

  17. Psalter
  18. Part X

  19. Psalter
  20. Part XI

  21. Psalter
  22. Part XII

  23. Psalter
  24. Part XIII

  25. Psalterium iuxta hebraeos
  26. Part XIV

  27. Psalter
  28. Part XV

  29. Psalter
  30. Part XVI

  31. Book of Hours

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