Walters Ms. W.116, Biblical Psalter Psalms Weekly Canticles Litany, petitions, and collects Psalter Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Sedovic, Katherine Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William 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 was created in northeastern France, a region considered Flanders at the time, during the third quarter of the thirteenth century. It was intended for use within the diocese of Cambrai, and was possibly first owned by a member of a monastic community. Originally an eight-partite Psalter, it is now incomplete and misbound. The Psalter is illustrated with six illuminated initials in the Psalms, and they are notable for their large size. The Psalter is similar in appearance to W.42, as both illustrate Psalm 109 with the Dove of the Holy Spirit within a roundel. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.116 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 193v Psalter 1r - 168r Psalms Salvum me fac Deus Incomplete and misbound eight-partite biblical psalter; for remaining text, correct sequence as follows: fols. 5r-54v: Psalm 9.21-50.19; fols. 55r-70v: Psalm 51.10-67, and two antiphons: "Adoremus dominum quonium ipse ferit nos" and "Domine deus in adiutorium meum intende"; fols. 1r-4r: Psalm 68.1-70.8; fols. 71r-168r: Psalm 70.9-150 168r - 186v Weekly Canticles Confitebor tibi Weekly canticles, 4-8 and 9-11 correctly rubricated "Canticum;" remaining canticles misrubricated "Psalmus;" incorrect rubrications erased before: "Confitebor tibi...Ego dixi...Exultauit cor...Cantemus domino...Domine audiui...Audite celi...Benedicite omnia...Benedictus dominus...Magnificat anima...Nunc dimittis...Te deum...Quicumque uult..." 186v - 193v Litany, petitions, and collects Letania Kyrieleyson Saints included indicate use in Cambrai; fols. 186v-190r: litany: twenty-seven martyrs which include: Quintinus, Firmin, Lambert, Piatus, Antony, Vitus, Modestus, Crispin, Crispinianus, Dionysius, Gereon, Maurice, Boniface; twenty-six confessors which include: Silvester, Leo, Martin, Brictius, Remigius, Vedast, Gaugeric, Aubert, Augustine, Gregory, Ambrose, Jerome, Vindicianus, Landelin, Humbert, Ghislain, Vincent, Amandus, Amatus, Nicolas, Aichard, Hugo, Philibert, Bertin, Paul, Hilarius; twenty-one virgins which include: Felicitas, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Agnes, Cecilia, Margaret, Mary Magdalen, Mary Egyptian, Catherine, Euphemia, Eugenia, Euphrosyne, Petronilla, Anastasia, Aldegund, Waldetrudis, Gertrude, Maxelendis, Praxedis, Sabina; fols. 190r-193r: petitions; fols.193r-193v: three collects

Medium-weight parchment, well finished

 Foliation: i+193+i14.0 10.2 8.4 6.0 Two sets of foliation: partial earlier pencil foliation visible lower right corners rectos; modern pencil foliation, upper right corners rectos (used here)

Quire 1: 2; stitching between first and second folios, so a second bifolio possibly tipped in (?) (fols. 1-4); Quires 2-7: 8 (fols. 5-52); Quire 8: 8, with the third folio missing (fols. 53-59); Quire 9: 8 (fols. 60-67); Quire 10: 8, with the fourth through seventh leaves missing (fols. 68-71); Quire 11: 8 (fols. 72-79); Quires 11-25: 8 (fols. 80-191); Quire 26: 2, singletons (fols. 192-193) None None Manuscript is incomplete and misbound; recreation of text in correct sequence is as follows: fols. 5r-54v: Psalms 9.21-50.19; fols. 55r-70v: Psalms 51.10-67, with two antiphons; fols. 1-4: Psalms 68.1-70.8; fols. 71r-168r: Psalms 70.9-150; fols. 168r-186v: Weekly canticles; fols. 186v-193v: Litany, petitions, and collects

 Textura Six historiated initials: fols. 1r, 22v, 39v, 87r, 106r, and 126v Six historiated initials (10-13 lines); decorated initials in rose, blue, and gold begin lesser psalms and canticles, some with faces (2 lines); small alternating blue and gold initials throughout (1 line); geometric line fillers in red, blue, and gold; pen sprays in margins of rectos in red and blue; rubrics in red; text in black-brown ink Initial "S" with Christ blessing above King David in water Psalm 68 Historiated initial "S," 11 lines Initial "D" with King David pointing to eye before Christ Psalm 26 Historiated initial "D," 13 lines Initial "D" with King David pointing to mouth before Christ Psalm 38 Historiated initial "D," 11 lines Initial "E" with King David playing bells Psalm 80 Historiated initial "E," 11 lines Initial "C" with two clerics singing Psalm 97 Historiated initial "C," 10 lines Initial "D" with the Trinity Psalm 109 Historiated initial "D," 11 lines

Rebound in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century; red velvet, leather fore-edge tabs, gilt edges

 Third quarter of the 13th century CE Northeastern France (French Flanders) Created ca. 1250-1275 for use within the diocese of Cambrai Léon Gruel, Paris, late nineteenth or early twentieth century; dealer slip (in file): "Ms. 7" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Gruel in 1905 (invoice, in 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. 722, cat. no. 94. Randall, Lilian M.C. Review of Die illuminierten Handschriften und Inkunabeln der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek, 1: Französische Schule. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Phil.-Hist. Klasse, Denkschriften, 118 by Otto Pächt and Dagmar Thoss. Art Bulletin 58/3 (1976): 438-440; p. 440. Oliver, Judith H. Gothic Manuscript Illumination in the Diocese of Liege (c. 1250-1330). Leuven: Peeters, 1988; p. 76. 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. 79-81, cat. no. 34. 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 Binding 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 Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Psalter Christian Flemish Book Codex Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Walters Art Museum Flanders 13th century Devotion French