Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 278: Psalter (Middle English and Anglo-Norman)

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Abstract/Contents

Summary: CCCC MS 278 is a Psalter of the early fourteenth century beginning with a translation in Middle English verse, followed by one in Anglo-Norman prose. The latter is a revised version of a translation made in the first half of the twelfth century which exists in the so-called 'Oxford Psalter', Bodleian MS Douce 320, of c. 1150. The Middle English verse translation exists in five other manuscripts. The book belonged to Norwich cathedral priory.
Contents: Psalter in Middle English verse -- Psalter in Anglo-Norman prose

Description

Alternative title	Psalter, English and French
Type of resource	mixed material
Extent	ff. 2 + 149
Date created	[ca. 1300 - 1325]
Language	English, Middle (1100-1500); Latin; French, Middle (ca. 1400-1600)
Material	Vellum
Layout	36 lines to a page
Height (mm)	266
Width (mm)	170
Collation	a(2) 1(8)-18(8) 19(4) (+1).
Writing	in a fine large hand
Foliation	ff. a-b + i-ii + 1-149 + c-d
Provenance	From Norwich Priory, I believe: on f. 1r at top is the mark N. xlvij.

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date	xiv early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:tj153gv5093/MS_278.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record	Title https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:vn213rt3424/278.pdf
Contains	Title Psalter in Middle English verse. 1r-90r James Psalter in English verse. 1r-90r Note Titles of Psalms are given in Latin. Initials, partly flourished, in blue and red Rubric (1r) Beatus uir Incipit (1r) Seli beern þat nouht is gonIn ye red of wichked manAnd in strete of sinful nouth he stodNe sat in sete of scorn (or storn) vn gode Note The signs for y and þ appear identical The beginnings of verses are in Latin in the margin Ends Explicit (90r) Looues yhe him wel yurch ye landIn chimbes ful wel ringandLooues him in chimbes of miryhe and blisseAlle kin gost looue louerd yat isse. Amen Note 90v blank Ed. by Stevenson, Anglo-Saxon and early English Psalters, Surtees Society, 1843-4, from other MSS Title Psalter in Anglo-Norman prose. 91r-147r James Psalter in French. 91r-147r Note in the same hand with beginnings of verses in Latin in the margin as before Rubric (91r) Beatus uir Incipit (91r) Bonuref li ber ki nen ala el cunseil des feluns: e en la ueie des pecheurs ne stut e en la chaere de pestilencie ne sist Note Ends Explicit (147r) Loez lui en cymbales bien sunanz: loez lui en cymbales de leesce: chascuns esspiriz loez le seignur Note 147v blank
TJames	210
Stanley	O. 6
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/dw236nr9575
Location	MS 278
Repository	UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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Parker Manuscripts

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