Walters Ms. W.113, Psalter from a Psalter-Hours (second half in Paris) Calendar Biblical Psalter Weekly canticles Psalter Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Herbold, Rebekah Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson Contributor Sedovic, Katherine Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This Psalter, dating to the last quarter of the thirteenth century, was made in French Flanders for use in the diocese of Metz. Originally part of a Psalter-Hours, the two parts of the book were separated long ago and bound separately in the eighteenth century. The Hours half has recently been identified by François Avril as belonging to the Bibliothèque nationale de France, where it is n.a. Lat. 915. The Psalter component is heavily decorated, containing historiated initials as well as borders and line fillers full of hybrid creatures and grotesques. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.113 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 190v Psalter Incomplete; originally part of a Psalter-Hours; second half of book with Hours is in BnF, n.a. Lat. 915 1r - 6v Calendar Januarius habet dies. xxxi. luna. xxx Calendar one-third full; ungraded, written in brown ink; choice of feasts indicates use in diocese of Metz, and Franciscan and Dominican sympathies; feasts of note include: Valerius and Serena (Jan. 29), Peter martyr (Apr. 29), Clement (translation, May 2), Antony (June 13), Theobald (July 1), Benedict (translation, July 11), Divisio apostolorum (July 15), James and Christopher (July 25), Stephen (finding of his relics, Aug. 3), Priscus (Sept. 1), Lambert (Sept. 17), Francis (Oct. 4), Augustine (translation, Oct. 11), Amantius (Nov. 4); several feasts added early: Brigid (Feb. 1), Juliana (Feb. 16), added next to Antony: "de ordine fratrum minorum (June 13), Margaret (July 20), added next to Francis: "fundatoris ordinis fratrum minorum" (Oct. 4), Catherine (Nov. 25); see Metz 336 for comparable calendar 7r - 173v Biblical Psalter Beatus vir Incomplete; eight-partite biblical Psalter; text missing after fol. 116 (Psalms 93.22-97.5) and fol. 129 (Psalms 105.41-106.7); part of a Psalm verse (Ps. 88.16-17) was accidentally left out, and was inscribed in the margin on fol. 109v, with a messine neume used both above the added verse as well as in the spot in the text where the verse belongs 173v - 190v Weekly canticles Confitebor tibi

Thin to medium-weight parchment, finish uneven with hair follicles visible on hair sides; first front flyleaf and last two flyleaves in back are laid paper

 Foliation: v+190+ii13.7 10.0 7.2 4.8 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos

Quire 1: 6 (fols. 1-6); Quires 2-12: 10 (fols. 7-116); Quire 13: 10, with first, second, and third folios cancelled (fols. 117-123); Quire 14: 10, with seventh folio cancelled (fols. 124-133); Quires 15-19: 10 (fols. 134-184); Quire 20: 6 (fols. 185-190) None None

Ruled in lead; layout does not apply to calendar: 6.4 x 9.6 cm, 5 columns, 32 lines Compressed textura, at times closer to quadrata or semi-quadrata; calendar and main text by two different hands Historiated initials fols. 7r, 33r, 50r, 65r, 81r, 101r, and 135r Seven extant historiated initials (6-8 lines) begin each biblical Psalm, with eighth now lacking at Psalm 97; enlarged decorated initials in blue, rose and gold with white patterning throughout, used for "KL" in calendar, secondary text divisions, and Psalm versals (1-2 line); line-fillers and bar borders throughout, filled with flora, fauna, dragons, and hybrid creatures; red rubrics in calendar only; text in dark brown ink Initial "B" with David beheading Goliath, and David as king playing harp Psalm Historiated initial "B," 8 lines Initial "D" with David crowned by Samuel Psalm 26 Historiated initial "D," 6 lines Initial "D" with King David pointing to mouth before altar and face of God Psalm 52 Historiated initial "D," 6 lines Initial "D" with the fool eating a loaf Psalm 52 Historiated initial "D," 6 lines Initial "S" with King David orant, and Christ blessing Psalm 68 Historiated initial "S," 7 lines Initial "E" with King David playing bells Psalm 80 Historiated initial "E," 6 lines Initial "D" with Throne of Grace Psalm 109 Historiated initial "D," 6 lines

Rebound with brown speckled calf skin in France, second half of the eighteenth century; gilt tooling on spine with inscription "PSAUME DE DAVID"; page edges regilt and leather tabs affixed late nineteenth or early twentieth century

 Last quarter of the 13th century CE Northeast France (Flanders at the time) Created in northeastern France, last quarter of the thirteenth century, for use in the diocese of Metz; contents suggest original owner had Franciscan or Dominican affiliation Early, subsequent owner also had Franciscan affiliation, indicated by additions made to calendar "Deberud[?]t" inscribed in lower margins of fols. 68v and 69r by seventeenth-century hand, possible ownership inscription Léon Gruel and Edmond Engelmann collection, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; their bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed "No. 134" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel in 1903 (invoice in WAM archives) Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour, and W. J. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935; p. 772, cat. no. 97. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1. France, 875-1420. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press in association with the Walters Art Gallery, 1989; pp. 86-88, cat. no. 37. Avril, Francois. "915 N.A.: Leroquais, Heures, II, 277-278." In Fichier bibliographique des manuscrits latins et grecs. Nal 770-1196. Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 2009; p. 343. Can be accessed at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1401374/f343.image. Doyle, Maeve. "The Portrait Potential: Gender, Identity, and Devotion in Manuscript Owner Portraits, 1230-1320." Ph.D. dissertation, Bryn Mawr College, 2015. Art Medicine Museum Poetry Script Muhammad, the Prophet Kashmiri Horses Walters Art Museum Document Astrology Devotion History Legal Literature -- Poetry Literature -- Prose Liturgy Philosophy Science Science -- Medicine Scripture Sufism Theology Mineralogy Logic Geography Geomancy Cosmology Cartography Fortune-telling Koran Qur`an Firman Palimpsest Prayer Bible Gospels Psalter Missal Lectionary Book of Hours Antiphonary Homilary Processional Horologion Breviary Hymnal Chronicle Maghreb Sub-Saharan (West) Africa Turkey Afghanistan Central Asia Egypt England India Iran Iraq Pakistan Germany France Austria Netherlands Ethiopia Armenia Flanders Greece Mamluk Mughal Ottoman Ottonian Armenian Byzantine Abbasid Qajar Rajput Christian Arabic Austrian Dutch Egyptian Fatimid German Indian Islamic Persian Safavid Timurid Turkish Umayyad English French Flemish Ethiopian Carolingian Calligraphy Colophon Headpiece Illumination Illustration Medallion Miniature Ornament Painting Early Abbasid script Ragini Romanesque Gothic Watermark Grotesques Historiated initial Inhabited initial White-vine lettering Textura Batarda Humanistic Uncial Accordion book Album Book Codex Manuscript Heraldry Saint's Life Drawing Grisaille New Abbasid style Musical notation Russia Romania Charter Russian Genealogy Mass book Prayer book Gospel Lectionary Psalter-Hours Treatise Grammar Gloss Pontifical Private devotional text Gradual Protective scroll Scroll 10th century 11th century 12th century 13th century 14th century 15th century 16th century 17th century 18th century 19th century 20th century 8th century 9th century Block book Caroline minuscule Central Arab lands (Near East) Chart English secretary hand Kufic Gothic book hand Original binding Treasure binding Gospel Book Spanish Spain Italian Italy Coptic Scrapbook American United States Maryland Historical Society Friendship book Friendship Biography Judaism Talmud Collection of Sermons Notable Notable binding Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Psalter French Book Historiated initial Illumination Inhabited initial Manuscript Walters Art Museum France 13th century Devotion Scripture Christian Flemish Flanders