Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Tickhill, John
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 26

Description

1. 155 leaves, bound : vellum, ink, manuscript, illuminations; 327 x 221 mm

Alternative title

1. Psalter.

Subject

1. Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Texts
2. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- England
3. Illumination of books and manuscripts
4. Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern) -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Psalters -- Texts -- Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

1. Manuscripts – England – 14th century.
2. Morocco bindings (Binding) – England – 14 century.
3. vellum (parchment)
4. illuminated manuscripts.
5. Illuminated initials (layout features)

Call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 26

Note

1. No calendar; text does include with preface to the psalms by Peter Lombard, the Twelve Canticles, the Litany of the Saints and Nine Collects.
2. On f. 1, s. XV attribution of copying & gilding to John Tickhill, prior of Worksop (1303-14); leaves with major decoration (f. 6v, and the psalter divisions) are separate singletons or glued-in patches. Several artists. Last quire in a different hand.
3. The foliation only goes to f. 154; it skips f. 2 and is thereafter incorrect.
4. Layout: 30 lines per page (38 on ff. 3-6) in two columns, ruled in blackish-brown ink.
5. Decoration: Historiated initials, bas-de-page scenes, grotesques, animals and human faces; a second artist from f. 51 on. Initials of various sizes and types of decoration, border decoration, rubrics, penwork, etc. Decorations are done in many colors, and much gold leaf is used. Decorations were not completed: those later in the manuscript are missing text or coloring.
6. Collation: quire I has 2 folios, which were probably added in the fifteenth century. The remaining quires, II-XX, have eight folios each. Prickings visible.
7. Scribe: John Tickhill
8. Script: Littera prescissa.
9. Origin: Written at the Augustinian Priory of Worksop in Nottinghamshire, archdiocese of York.
10. Twenty-eight early coats of arms on various pages.

Access (note)

1. Restricted use.

Indexed in (note)

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005)
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss.

Cite as (note)

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 26.

Language (note)

1. In Latin.

Provenance (note)

1. From William Kerr (d. 1767), 3rd Marquess of Lothian and descendents; American Art Association, 1932, to A. S. W. Rosenbach.

Binding (note)

1. England, Green morocco, by Scott of Edinburgh, ca. 1790.

Source of description (note)

1. Part of the description used is from Digital Scriptorium 1.0

Author

1. Catholic Church.

Title

1. Tickhill Psalter.

Imprint

1. Nottinghamshire, England, approximately 1314.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Access

1. Restricted use. Requires permission for access.

Indexed in:

1. The Splendor of the Word. (ed.) J. G. Alexander, J. H. Marrow, L. F. Sandler (NYPL / Harvey Miller, 2005), n. 41.
2. Ricci, S de. Medieval and Renaissance mss., p. 1340, no. 26.

Cite as:

1. NYPL. Spencer Collection MS. 26.

Language

1. In Latin.

Binding

1. England, Green morocco, by Scott of Edinburgh, ca. 1790.

Provenance

1. From William Kerr (d. 1767), 3rd Marquess of Lothian and descendents; American Art Association, 1932, to A. S. W. Rosenbach.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Place of publication

1. England Nottinghamshire.

Added author

1. Tickhill, John, scribe.
2. New York Public Libary. Manuscript. Spencer Coll. MS 26.

Research call number

1. Spencer Coll. MS. 26