Add MS 49622
1310-1324, Contents: ff. 1r-6v: Calendar.f. 7r: miniature of the Crucifixion (added after the manuscript passed to Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1320-1325).f. 7v: prayer before the Psalter, ‘Suscipere dignare domine dues omnipotens hos psalmos quos ego indignus peccator’ (added after the manuscript passed to Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1320-1325).ff. 8r-190v: Psalter, with ten-fold division marked by large historiated initials.ff. 190v-206r: Canticles.ff. 260r-208v: Athanasian Creed.ff. 208v-214r: Litany.ff. 214r-214v: Collects.ff. 215r-223r: Office of the Dead.ff. 223v-225v: Prayers, beginning ‘Deus in cuius direccione’; ‘Salvator mundi salvum me fac’; ‘Veniam peto coram te’.ff. 225v-226r: Hymn, beginning ‘Deus homo fili dei / Fons et forma nostre spei’.ff. 226rv-228r: Litany (added after the manuscript passed to Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1320-1325, and quite similar to the litany in the Ormesby Psalter (Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366)).Decoration:1 full page miniature in colours with gold, with full border incorporating fleur-de lys, added c. 1325 (f. 7r) 13 large historiated initials with full borders, at the main textual divisions of Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 52, 68, 80, 97, 101, 109, 119, the beginning of Canticles, and the Office of the Dead (ff. 8r, 35r, 52v, 68v, 69r, 86r, 107v, 128v, 146v, 167r, 190v, 215r). 24 calendar roundels (ff. 1r-6v). 145 historiated initials with partial borders; partial borders on all remaining pages. Borders and marginalia include human figures, animals, hybrid creatures, and heraldic decoration.The subjects of the illuminations are:f. 7r: Miniature of the Crucifixion (added after the manuscript passed to Norwich Cathedral Priory, c. 1320-1325).f. 8r: Beatus page, with a Tree of Jesse (Psalm 1), with the arms of England and France shown in association (so that the manuscript cannot have been executed before the marriage of Edward I to Margaret of France in 1299).f. 35r: Historiated initial of the Anointing of David (Psalm 26).f. 52v: Historiated initial of Christ standing at an altar (Psalm 38).f. 68v: Historiated initial of Doeg and the priests (Psalm 51).f. 69r: Historiated initial of a king holding a drawn sword (Psalm 52).f. 86r: Historiated initial of (above) Jonah thrown overboard; (below) Jonah saved (Psalm 68).f. 107v: Historiated initial of (above) Christ in glory; (below) musicians (Psalm 80).f. 126r: Historiated initial of (above) The Annunciation to the Shepherds; (below) clerics singing (Psalm 97).f. 128v: Historiated initial of a female figure, symbolising the church (Psalm 101).f. 146v: Historiated initial of the Trinity (Psalm 109).f. 167r: Five-line initial of (above) Christ enthroned; (below) five robed figures, including a Franciscan, kneeling in prayer (Psalm 119).f. 190v: Five-line historiated initial ‘C’(onfitebor), showing a prophet holding a scroll reading ‘Zacarias’ (this inscription is incorrect; it should read ‘Isaiah’ as the canticle is from the Book of Isaiah).f. 215r: Five-line initial at the Office of the Dead, of the funeral of a bishop.
 
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