Beinecke MS 220                                                    England, s. XIV^^in
Psalter, etc.

     1. f. 1r-v    Portions of unidentified prayers, in Latin, beginning
     imperfectly and ending "thus wrot Ion". //a periculo mortis et a
     diabolicis insidiis amen. Sancte gabriel sancte michael omnes sancti
     angeli et archangeli...[a version of the prayer printed in HE 125];
     oracio. Succurre michi virgo virginum intercessionibus tuis
     sacris...michi peccatrici...Elysabet famulam suam....

     2. f. 2r blank, with miscellaneous notes; f. 2v    Medical advice
     associated with the signs of the zodiac (e.g., Aries tenet capud et
     faciem. Taurus gutter et collum...Pisces pedes. Nota quod luna moratur
     in qualibet signo...).

     3. f. 3r    Astrological table in red and black with title, but no
     text: Tabula magistri petri de datia dicti philomena....

          Thorndike and Kibre, 53.

     4. f. 3v    Astrological notes attributed to Bede: Dicit Beda quod tres
     sunt dies in mense februarii in quibus si quis masculus natus
     fuerit...hec uera sunt obseruet ea qui uult.

     5. ff. 4r-9v    Calendar, in red and black; has a large number of
     columns (12) giving computation information. Includes entries for Oct.
     S. Thomas (5 Jan.), Wulstan (19 Jan.), Queen Bathildis (30 Jan.), King
     Edward "the Martyr" (18 March), Cuthbert (20 March), Resurrectio domini
     (27 March), Elphege (19 April), Dunstan (19 May), Ethelbert (20 May),
     Aldhelm (25 May), Augustine of England (26 May), translation of Edmund
     Rich (9 June, in red), Botulph (17 June), translation of King Edward
     (20 June), Alban (22 June, in red), Ethelreda (23 June), translation of
     St. Thomas of Canterbury (7 July), translation of Swithin (15 July),
     Kenelm (17 July), Anna (26 July, in red), Cuthburga (31 Aug.),
     translation of Cuthbert (4 Sept.), translation of Edward the Confessor
     (13 Oct.), Edmund archbishop (16 Nov.), Edmund King (20 Nov.), Thomas
     of Canterbury (29 Dec.). f. 10r inscriptions, see below; f. 10v blank

     6. ff. 11r-75v    Biblical Psalter, with no later antiphons. Missing
     Psalms 50.6-53.3, 100.5-102.6, 108.9-110.9.

     7. ff. 75v-82r    Six ferial canticles, Te deum, Benedicte, Benedictus,
     Magnificat, Nunc dimittis, Quicumque uult.

     8. ff. 82v-85r    Litany and prayers. Among the 23 martyrs:
     Austremonius (6), Thomas (10), Edmund (13), Leodegar (18); among the 26
     confessors: Dunstan (14), Philibert (17), Columban (18), Odo (20),
     Majolus (21), Odilo (22), Hugo (23), Germar (24), Gerald (26); among
     the 19 virgins: Cyrilla (8), Ethelreda (11), Walburga (13), Florencia
     (14), Consortia (15), Daria (16).

     9. ff. 85r-94v    Office of the Dead, use unidentified, with spaces
     left for musical notation. Responses at matins: 1. Credo quod, 2. Qui
     lazarum, 3. Domine dum, 4. Subuenite sancti, 5. Heu mihi, 6. Ne
     recorderis, 7. Peccantem me, 8. Requiem eternam, 9. Libera me...de
     morte.

     10. f. 95r    [Indulgence de ueronica] Fac mecum signum in bono...Deus
     qui nobis signatis lumine uultis tui...[Leroquais LH 2. 58]; [added in
     a later hand:] [D]eus cui proprium est misereris semper et
     parcere...[Lyell Cat., p. 372, no. 85].

     11. ff. 95v-96r    Two prayers, in a later hand. Deus cuius
     misericordie non est numerus suscipe pro animabus famulorum...[Sarum
     Missal, p. 435]; Domine ihesu christe qui hanc sacratissimam
     carnem...[HE 72, 177]. ff. 96v-98v blank, except for scribbles

     12. f. 99r [back contemporary flyleaf]    2 prayers added in different
     15th-century hands: Per verum omnium sanctorum angelorum archangelorum
     patriarcharum prophetarum...meritum intercessionem...; Deus in cuius
     manu corda.... f. 99v blank

          Parchment, ff. 99 (the last a contemporary parchment flyleaf), 115
     x 76 (80 x 52) mm. Written in 2 columns of 28 lines; double upper,
     central, and lower horizontal bounding lines full across, single
     vertical bounding lines; two additional rulings in all margins except
     inner. Ruled in ink; prickings in upper, lower, and outer margins,
     often at the intersecting points of additional pairs of guidelines.
          I^^10, II^^12, III^^12 (-12), IV^^12, V^^12 (-12), VI^^12 (-6),
     VII-VIII^^12, IX^^8 (-8). Catchwords in lower margin near gutter,
     sometimes between horizontal rulings in lower margin.
          Written by two scribes in tiny gothic textura. Scribe 1: ff. 2v-
     91v; Scribe 2: ff. 91v (last folio of quire 8) - 95v. Several later
     hands have added scribbles, prayers, and inscriptions on ff. 1r-2r,
     10r, 95v, 96r, 97v, 98r, 99r.
          Small (6-line) and rather crude historiated initials: f. 1r (Psalm
     1) David harping; f. 21r (Ps. 26) David points to his eye; f. 28r (Ps.
     38) David points to his lips; f. 40v (Ps. 68) David in the deep water;
     f. 49r (Ps. 80) David at carillon; and f. 56r (Ps. 96) Cantors at
     lectern. The initials for Ps. 52 (the Fool) and Ps. 109 (the Trinity)
     are missing. In each initial, the figure drawn in black and colored
     pink, green, and/or blue on a gold ground; the initials attached to
     cusped, tapering bar border, blue, red, and gold, with white
     highlights, with ivy terminal, black with red and green leaves. Gold
     and blue calligraphic initials (2-line), with blue and red penwork
     respectively; 1-line initials, alternating red and blue. KL monograms,
     gold on red and blue, with white highlights. Because the initial I was
     placed in the margin without an inset space in the text, the
     illuminator often missed it (e.g., for Ps. 70 on f. 42r; for Ps. 113 on
     f. 62r, and for Ps. 125 on f. 68v).
          Binding: s. xv-xvi. Resewn on three two-layered tapes of tawed
     skin attached to wooden boards. The endband cores are of tawed skin
     with a tawed skin braid at the head, a new endband added at the tail.
     The spine is square and the cover adhered to it. Covered in tawed skin,
     originally pink, with corner tongues. Cover repaired at spine and two
     corners and two silver clasps added. In a flexible grey leather pouch.

          Written in England at the beginning of the 14th century. The
     manuscript presents evidence of extensive use: prayers added in several
     English hands (mostly of the 15th century, e.g., art. 1) and signatures
     from the 16th century on f. 10r: K. Dunbar, Thomas Saunders, gent.,
     Edmaunt [?] Parke. Belonged to George Dunn (1865-1912) of Woolley Hall,
     Maidenhead; his note, in pencil, on f. 2r: "English Work/ Late 13th
     Century/ Original Binding/ Silver fastenings, but one clasp gone/
     [Greek] GD/ Jan 1902." His sale (Sotheby's, 11 Feb. 1913, v. 1, no. 630)
     to Dobell. Davis and Orioli, Cat. 32 (1922) no. 3 (notice pasted inside
     back cover). Sold by A. H. Reynolds (21 Dec. 1924) to Dawson's Book
     Shop, Los Angeles, from whom it was purchased by Henry Fletcher. Gift
     of Mrs. Henry Fletcher in 1953.

     secundo folio: [text, f. 12] Neque habitabit

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 2, p. 1670, no. 2; Faye and Bond, p. 42, no.
     220.

     Barbara A. Shailor