Beinecke MS 8                                                        Germany, s. XV^^2
Psalter, etc.

     1. f. 1r    Invitatories and the hymn Nocte surgentes for Sundays.

     2. ff. 1v-120v, 185r-196v, 121r-172v    Liturgical psalter with
     invitatories, antiphons, versicles and hymns.

     3. ff. 172v-184v, 197r-199v    Hymns for Matins for the temporale
     (Advent through Corpus Christi), the sanctorale (John the Baptist,
     Peter and Paul, Mary Magdalen, Lawrence, Augustine, Michael archangel,
     All Saints), the dedication of a church and the common of saints
     (apostle, one martyr, many martyrs, one confessor, one virgin, one
     virgin not martyr, many virgins).

          Paper (watermarks similar to Briquet Lettre P 8598), ff. 199 + i
     (contemporary paper). The codex was bound incorrectly; ff. 185-196
     should follow f. 120. 152 x 107 (104 x 70) mm. Written in 15 long
     lines; single vertical bounding lines, double horizontal lines, full
     across. Ruled in ink; prickings visible in lower and outer margins.
          I-XIV^^12, XV^^16, XVI^^12 (+ 1 leaf at end), XVII^^2. Catchwords located
     along bottom of folio near binding.
          Written by a single scribe in bold gothic textura.
          Initials, 3- to 1-line, at beginning of each verse, in red;
     rubrics throughout.
          Most leaves are stained and repaired.
          Covers and spine missing.

          Written probably in Western Germany in the second half of the 15th
     century; early provenance unknown. Purchased by Yale with the Ann S.
     Farnam Fund in 1909.

     secundo folio: sic inpij

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 163, no. 8.

Barbara A. Shailor