Walters Ms. W.330, Psalter Calendar Psalms Canticles Cistercian Litany Additional Canticles for Feast Days and Sundays Gospel Passion Narratives Psalter scribe Pietro Ursuleo of Capua (d. 1483) (?) artist Cristoforo Majorana (flourished c. 1480-94) Principal cataloger Berlin, Nicole Cataloger Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934 Editor Herbert, Lynley Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Han, Yuna Contributor Tabritha, Ariel Contributor Wiegand, Kimber Conservator Quandt, Abigail The Walters Art Museum

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 This Psalter was created in Southern Italy, likely Naples, in the last quarter of the fifteenth century. The litany (fols. 158v - 161r) suggests it was for Cistercian use. It contains six high-quality miniatures attributed to the Neopolitan illuminator Cristoforo Magorana (though the historiated initial of David playing a psaltry on fol. 15r may have been done by another hand), who from 1480-1492 worked at the court of Ferdinand I of Aragon. To date, almost forty manuscripts have been attributed to the artist. The Walters manuscript contains two full-page miniatures, one showing the Tree of Jesse and the other the Man of Sorrows. The Tree of Jesse (described in Isaiah 1:11) shows the ancestry of Christ rising from Jesse of Bethlehem, the father of King David who is depicted on the facing folio (171r). In this depiction Jesse is shown on the trunk of the tree, but it actually rises from Abraham. Surrounding Abraham is a crowd of Prophets each with scrolls with verses believed to prophecy the coming of Christ. The miniature with the Man of Sorrows shows Christ standing in his tomb and surrounded by the objects associated with the Passion (arma Christi). The miniature follows a specific Man of Sorrows iconography that originated in an early-fourteenth century mosaic icon from Constantinople that most likely arrived in Italy ca. 1380. The mosaic panel was believed to be an authentic representation of St. Gregory's vision of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and this type of image encouraged the viewer to meditate on the suffering of Christ while reading the Passion narratives that follow. The humanist script and white-vine initials place the Walters Psalter firmly within the Humanist tradition of the late fifteenth century. Remnants of black velvet suggest this book once had a chemise binding, comparable to W.294 and W.480. Peter Kidd has suggested that the manuscript may have been written by Pietro Ursuleo of Capua (d. 1483). Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.330 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 204v Psalter scribe artist 1r - 12v Calendar Januarius habet dies XXXI luna xxx nox habet horas XVI dies vero VIII Calendar one hall full, contents suggest Cistercian use 14v - 144v Psalms Incipit liber hymnorum vel solioquiorum prophete David de Christo Beatus vir qui non abiit in consolio impirorum Eight-partite division at Psalms 1, 26, 38, 52, 68, 80, 97, and 109 144r - 158v Canticles Canticum Ysaie prophete Confitebor tibi domine quoniam Begins with the Canticle of Isaiah (Isaiah 12:1-6) 158v - 161r Cistercian Litany Incipit letania secundum ordinem Cisterniensium Kyrie leyson xpe leyson 161r - 170r Additional Canticles for Feast Days and Sundays Cantica dominicis diebus inserto Sancti Michaelis Domine miserere nostri te enim expectavimus A selection of additional canticles for feast days such as Michaelmas and Easter 170v - 203v Gospel Passion Narratives Passio Domini Nostri Iesu Christi Secundum Matheum In illo tempore dixit Jesus discipulis suis The Passion of Christ from each of the four Gospels (in the order of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John)

Cream colored, fine parchment; pastedowns and flyleaves are original parchment

 Foliation: i + 20421.6 15.2 14.0 8.3 Modern pencil foliation, upper right corners, rectos; fol. 204 is numbered but is a blank flyleaf

Quire 1: 12 (fols. 1-12), Quire 2: 2 (fols. 13-14); Quire 3-12: 12 (fols. 15-134); Quire 13: 10 (fols. 135-144); Quire 14-15: 12 (fols. 145-168); Quire 16: 4 (fols. 169-172); Quire 17: 8 (173-180); Quire 18: 16 (fols. 181-194); Quire 19: 10 (fols. 195-204) Occasional catchwords (as on fol. 144v); lower right corner, versos; some catchwords towards the front of the manuscript trimmed off when book was re-bound

First line of text is above the topmost ruled line Written in Humanist script Large (6-7 lines) decorated initials at fols. 34v, 47v, 59v, 72r, 87r, 100v, and 115r The cycle is preceded by a full-page miniature of Christ as the Man of Sorrows, and the narrative of each Evangelist is preceded by a historiated initial depicting them (Matthew at fol. 171r, Mark at fol. 181r, Luke at fol. 189r, and John at fol. 197r) Two full-page miniatures (fols. 14v and 170v), one at the beginning of the Psalms and one at the beginning of the Gospel Passion Narrative; five historiated initials of David and the Four Evangelists (fols. 15r, 171r, 181r, 189r, 197r); four fully illuminated borders; one heraldry medallion (fol. 15r); seven decorated initials (6-7 lines) (fols. 34v, 47v, 59v, 72r, 87r, 100v, 115r) at beginning of select Psalms; small (2-3 line) decorated initials introducing each Psalm; alternating gold leaf initials (1 line) with purple pen trails and blue initials with red pen trails before each Psalm verse; rubrics in red; text in black ink Tree of Jesse and illuminated border with putti and peacocks Beginning of the Psalms Full-page miniature

Illumination attributed to Cristoforo Majorana (active ca. 1480-1494)

 Initial "B" with David playing a psaltery, illuminated border with putti, a doe, rabbit, and heraldry Beginning of Psalm 1 Historiated initial "B," 7 lines Decorated initial "D" Psalm 26 Decorated initial "D," 6 lines Decorated initial "D" Psalm 38 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines Decorated initial "D" Psalm 52 Decorated initial "D," 7 lines Decorated initial "S" Psalm 68 Decorated initial "S," 7 lines Decorated initial "E" Psalm 80 Decorated initial "E," 6 lines Decorated initial "C" Psalm 97 Decorated initial "C," 4 lines Decorated initial "D" Psalm 109 Decorated initial "D," 6 lines The Man of Sorrows and illuminated border with putti, birds, and inscription Beginning of the Passion narratives Full-page miniature

The scroll in the border reads: " ADORAMUS TE CHRISTE BENEDICIMUS"

Illumination attributed to Cristoforo Majorana (active ca. 1480-1494)

 Initial "I" with St. Matthew reading Matthew's narrative of the Passion Historiated initial "I," 11 lines Initial "I" with St. Mark reading Mark's narrative of the Passion Historiated initial "I," 10 lines Initial "I" with St. Luke reading Luke's narrative of the Passion Historiated initial "I," 8 lines Initial "I" with St. John the Evangelist reading John the Evangelist's narrative of the Passion Historiated initial "I," 10 lines

Fifteenth- or sixteenth-century blind tooled black leather binding over wood boards; tooling in the form of three borders, two with arabesque decoration and one with foliage; remains of a black velvet chemise cover visible on the interior of the top and bottom boards at the edges of the pastedowns; edges are full gilt with gauffered cable-work decoration; the silver gilt catches and hinges of now-missing clasps still preserved and in the form of dog-headed man grasping two dragons; the clasp plates are from an earlier book, possibly thirteenth-century German; likely re-bound since some catchwords towards the front of the manuscript seem to have been cut and some marginalia are partially missing

 Last quarter of the 15th century CE Naples, Italy Created in Southern Italy (Naples) in the last quarter of the fifteenth century CE (the illuminator, Cristoforo Majorana, was active ca. 1480-1492); heraldry on fol. 15r likely represents the original owners of the manuscript; made for Cistercian use (Cistercian litany begins fol. 158v) Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Leo S. Olschki (bookseller, Florence) before 1931 (inv. 35718) 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. 109. Walters Art Gallery, and Dorothy Eugenia Miner. Illuminated books of the Middle Ages and Renaissance; an exhibition held at the Baltimore Museum of Art, January 27-March 13. Organized by the Walters Art Gallery in cooperation with the Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore: Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery. 1949, no. 174. Walters Art Gallery. The History Of Bookbinding 525-1950 A.D. Organized By The Walters Art Gallery And Presented In Cooperation With The Baltimore Museum Of Art. Baltimore: The Trustees of the Walters Art Gallery. 1957, p. 52, no. 121. Daneu Lattanzi, A. “Di alcuni codici miniati attribuibili a Matteo Felice e bottega (e di qualche altro codice della scuola napoletana del Quattrocento),” La Bibliofilia 75 (1973), pp. 1-43, esp. pp. 40-41. Bagnoli, Martina, ed. A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval Europe. Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum, 2016, p. 149, no. 43 (catalog entry by Y. Han). 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 Textbook Scholarly compendium Ancient Greece Ancient Rome Literature Japanese Japan Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Psalter Christian Italian Book Codex Illumination Manuscript Miniature Walters Art Museum Italy 15th century Devotion Scripture Heraldry Historiated initial Humanistic Notable binding Original binding Philosophy White-vine lettering