Walters Ms. W.43, Psalter with added litanies Biblical Psalter Weekly canticles Added litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary Added litany for Ash Wednesday, petitions, hymn, and canticles Psalter Principal cataloger Randall, Lilian M.C. Cataloger Herbert, Lynley Editor Herbert, Lynley Copy editor Dibble, Charles Contributor Emery, Doug Contributor Noel, William Contributor Schuele, Allyson 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 northeast France, a region considered Flanders at the time, during the third quarter of the thirteenth century. Little is known of its early provenance, although its series of historiated initials has been likened to those created in the "Mathurin" and "Wenceslas" ateliers of Paris. Two different litanies for the Use of Troyes were added in the sixteenth century, suggesting it was owned in that region by that time. Baltimore The Walters Art Museum W.43 The primary language in this manuscript is Latin. 1r - 254v Psalter 1r - 222r Biblical Psalter Beatus vir Eight-partite Biblical Psalter, divided at Psalms 1, 26, 38, 52, 68, 80, 97, and 109 222r - 243v Weekly canticles Confitebor tibi 244r - 248v Added litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary Letania beate marie virginis. Kyrieleyson 249r - 254v Added litany for Ash Wednesday, petitions, hymn, and canticles Sensuit que nous disons le iour des cendres. Kyrieleyson Fols. 249r-v: Litany for Use of Troyes, with twelve apostles and twelve saints, latter including Leobard, Sabinianus, Leuconius, Tancha, and Mastidia; fols. 249v-250v: petitions, for conventual use; fols. 251r-v: hymn, Veni creator spiritus; fols. 251v-254v: three Canticles for Advent

Thin to medium-weight parchment

 Foliation: i+254+i15.8 11.2 10.3 7.0 Flyleaves are laid paper; modern pencil foliation upper right corners, rectos

Quire 1-10: 12 (fols. 1-120); Quire 11: 2 (fols. 121-122); Quire 12-15: 12 (fols. 123-171); Quire 16: 12, with first folio tipped in and attached to beginning of quire (fols. 172-183); Quire 17-21: 12 (fols. 184-243); Quire 22: 8 (fols. 244-251); Quire 23: (fols. ); Quire 24: (fols. ); Quire 25: (fols. ); Quire 26: 2, with first folio tipped in and attached to beginning of quire (fols. 252-254) None None

Ruled in light brown crayon Written in textura Historiated initials fols. 1r, 34v, 56r, 76v, 97r, 123r, 146v, and 172r Eight historiated initials begin the major psalms (7-8 lines); decorated initials in gold against blue and rose grounds with white penwork mark the minor psalms (2 lines); smaller initials in alternating gold and blue with red and blue penwork used for versals (1 line); in added texts (fols. 244r-254v) initials simplified, either red or blue with no embellishments (1-2 lines); geometric line fillers throughout; rubrics in red; main text in black ink; added text in brown ink Initial "B" with David strumming a harp Psalm 1 Historiated initial "B," 7 lines Initial "D" with David being anointed and blessed by Christ Psalm 26 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines Initial "D" with David pointing to his mouth before the face of God Psalm 38 Historiated initial "D," 7 lines Initial "D" with club and crossed loaf of bread Psalm 52 Historiated initial "D," 7 lines Initial "S" with David in water below a blessing Christ Psalm 68 Historiated initial "S," 7 lines Initial "E" with David playing bells Psalm 80 Historiated initial "E," 7 lines Initial "C" with clerics singing Psalm 97 Historiated initial "C," 7 lines Initial "D" with Trinity Psalm 109 Historiated initial "D," 8 lines

Rebound in England, nineteenth century, in red leather over wood boards; gilt tooled designs on upper and lower covers, spine, edges, and turn-ins; spine inscribed "LIBER PSALMORUM M.S. XV CENT"

 Third quarter of the 13th century CE Northeast France (French Flanders) Created in northeast France, in the region considered Flanders, third quarter of the thirteenth century Date "1430" added on fol. 1r by unknown later owner Owned in diocese of Troyes in sixteenth century, as indicated by addition at that time of litanies for use in that region (fols. 244r-254v) Leo S. Olschki, Florence, early twentieth century; his number in pencil on front pastedown "35402" Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased from Olschki between 1900 and 1931 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. 770, cat. no. 84. Entry inadvertently repeated at p. 773, cat. no. 100. Randall, Lilian M. C. Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Walters Art Gallery. Vol. 1. France: 875-1420. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989; 71-72, cat. no. 30. 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 Liturgical Devotional Scriptural Theological Legal Historical Scientific Scientific -- Medical Literary -- Prose Literary -- Poetry Philosophical Astrological Sufi English Psalter Christian Flemish French Book Codex Historiated initial Illumination Manuscript Painting Walters Art Museum Flanders France 13th century Devotion