Walters Ms. W.23, Psalter Psalter Psalter and Office of the Dead Office of the Dead Cataloger Kauffman, Nicholas Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Bockrath, Diane Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Toth, Michael B. Conservator Owen, Linda Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This manuscript is housed in a sumptuous binding, which, though not original to the book, contains several striking medieval elements. The manuscript is listed in 1864 as coming from the collection of Guglielmo Libri, who was notorious for having ornate bindings and inscriptions added to existing manuscripts, so it is likely the binding was created for him. It was listed as an authentic, fully medieval treasure binding in Libri's catalog. Because of the fragile nature of the binding, the book was not able to be opened, and the information regarding the interior in this catalog entry is derived from earlier images and notes. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.23 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 152v Psalter and Office of the Dead Calendar missing 1r - 146r Psalter Beatus vir 146r - 152v Office of the Dead Fol. 146v: Redemptor meus; fol. 147r: Requiem eternam; fol. 147v: Absolve domine; fol. 148r: Rogamus te; fol. 148v: Memento queso; fols. 148v-149r: Ne tradas; fol. 149v: Quomodo confitebor; fol. 150r: Deus eterne; fol. 150v: Libera me

Heavy, darkened parchment; some folios throughout badly damaged and in places fragmentary; leather tabs that appear to be original have been inserted at various points

 Foliation: 15225.0 16.0 18.75 11.5

1-19(8) None None

Primitive Gothic textura, 5-5.5 mm high Eight decorated initials Eight decorated initials, now badly abraded, in green, red, blue, gold, and silver (5-11 lines); rubrics and some capitals in red; text in brown ink

Treasure binding made up of various elements, some medieval and some modern, put together somewhat crudely, probably in the mid nineteenth century, and likely by or for Guglielmo Libri; non-medieval oak boards; upper board has holes from earlier fastenings; spine covered in green velvet; front cover had as centerpiece a seated apostle in copper (now removed, accession no. 53.144), which would have originally decorated a medieval altar; at each corner were Mosan enamel plates (the upper two have been removed); on either side are two Rhenish bone carvings, marked "Joad" and "Davi" ("Joad" is probably not medieval); copper gilt panels at top and bottom

 Early 13th century CE South Germany Guglielmo Libri, by 1864, listed as no. 57 in his sale catalog of that year; binding very possibly created for him, and sold as original Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931, possibly from Léon Gruel, Paris; cf. the pattern of the strips of gilt metal around the recess with that on W.16 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. 769. no. 77. Catalogue of the Magnificent Collection of Precious Manuscripts and Objects of Art and Vertu, of M. Guglielmo Libri. Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 1864, p. 18. no. 57. Ottosen, K. The Responsories and Versicles of the Latin Office of the Dead. Aarhus, Denmark : Aarhus University Press, 1993, pp. viii, 194, 356. 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 Christian German Notable binding Book Gothic book hand Manuscript Miniature Ornament Textura Treasure binding Walters Art Museum Germany 13th century Liturgy Scripture