Details

Subject(s)

• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]
• Manuscript, Enlish—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Former owner

• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872 [Browse]

Bookseller

• H.P. Kraus (Firm) [Browse]

Related name

• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 143 [Browse]

Rare books genre

Wooden boards (Binding)—14th century [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• Psalters [Browse]
• Manuscripts—England—14th century [Browse]
• Parchment [Browse]

Notes

• Manuscript codex.
• Decoration: Verse initials and titles in red; red initials at the beginning of each Psalm.
• Origin: Written in southern England in the second half of the 14th century.

Binding note

Contemporary wooden boards with leather spine.

Language note

Texts in Latin and English.

Provenance

Provenance: Richard Gough; Craven Ord (bookplate); Sir Thomas Phillipps, Bart.; acquired at Phillipps sale, Sotheby's, London, 12 Nov. 1972, lot 547.

Cite as

Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 143.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

England.

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