Walters Ms. W.198, Dominican Psalter Calendar Ferial Psalter Canticles Litany and collects Psalter Principal cataloger Marrow, James Cataloger Devine, Alex Cataloger Dutschke, Consuelo Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Cataloger Valle, Chiara Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Boot, Christine Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Pizzinato, Riccardo Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This small psalter was made in Utrecht, Netherlands in the second half of the fifteenth century. The parchment is of fine quality, and the simplicity of its illumination, consisting of eight large foliate initials marking the ferial divisions of the Psalms, is appropriately restrained. References to St. Dominic in the calendar and litany indicate it was for Dominican use. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.198 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 212v Psalter 1r - 6v Calendar Januarius habet dies XXXI. luna XXX. Calendar for Dominican use, half-full, graded in red and black; notable saints include Aquinas, Vincent Ferrer, and Dominic 7r - 187r Ferial Psalter Beatus vir Ferial psalter (Gallican), eight-partite division at Psalms 1, 26, 38, 52, 68, 80, 97, and 109 187r - 206r Canticles Confitebor tibi Twelve canticles 206r - 212v Litany and collects Letania Kyrie eleison Saints of note: Dominic, Thomas, Vincent Ferrar, Catherine of Siena, Lebuinus of Utrecht

Well-finished cream-colored parchment, medium thickness

 Foliation: ii+212+ii11.2 7.2 7.5 4.8 Two endpapers and two flyleaves of eighteenth-century paper, endpapers marbleized facing matching pastedowns; modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos

1(4), 2(2), 3-27(8), 28(6) None None Quires begin on fols. 1(1), 5(2), 7(3), 15(4), 23(5), 31(6), 39(7), 47(8), 55(9), 63(10), 71(11), 79(12), 87(13), 95(14), 103(15), 111(16), 119(17), 127(18), 135(19), 143(20), 151(21), 159(22), 167(23), 175(24), 183(25), 191(26), 199(27), 207(28); quire 2 appears to be either two single leaves or a bifolium attached with glue to the first quire, and not stitched

 Ruled in light purple ink Gothic bookhand, written in two sizes according to liturgical function; text accidentally skipped has been added by secondary hand in margins in a cursive hybrid hand (e.g., fols. 139v and 148v) "KL" in alternating blue and red (2 lines) Decorated initials mark the eight divisions in the Psalms, fols. 7r, 32v, 48v, 64v, 80v, 101r, 122r, and 144r Eight large decorated initials (7-8 lines) begin the eight major psalms, done in gold against blue and pink grounds, with white pen accents, and sprays of foliage in the upper and lower margins; smaller blue and red initials, some with pen decoration (2-3 lines) begin minor psalms; "KL" in calendar in alternating red and blue (2 lines); small (1 line) alternating red and blue initials begin each line of text throughout; rubrics in red; text in black ink Foliate initial "B" (Beatus vir) Psalm 1 Decorated initial "B," 8 lines Foliate initial "D" (Dominus illuminatio) Psalm 26 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines Foliate initial "D" (Dixi custodiam) Psalm 38 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines Foliate initial "D" (Dixit insipiens) Psalm 52 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines Foliate initial "S" (Salvum me) Psalm 68 Decorated initial "S," 7 lines Foliate initial "E" (Exultate Deo) Psalm 80 Decorated initial "E," 7 lines Foliate initial "C" (Cantate Domino) Psalm 97 Decorated initial "C," 7 lines Foliate initial "D" (Dixit dominus) Psalm 109 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines

Eighteenth-century Dutch binding, marbleized brown calf over paste-board, thin gold decoration around border of covers, with gold decoration and the word "Manuscriptu" inscribed on spine; marbleized pastedowns and matching flyleaves; edges of pages are gilded

 Second half of the 15th century CE Utrecht, Netherlands Made in Utrecht, Netherlands, second half of the fifteenth century (must postdate 1455 due to inclusion of Vincent Ferrar in calendar); made for Dominican use (double invocation for Dominic in litany, is also in suffrages) Acquired by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931 Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest Relevant Works De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 774, cat. no. 108. 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 Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Christian Codex Manuscript Walters Art Museum Dutch Psalter Book Illumination Netherlands 15th century Devotion Geomancy