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are placed in the margin whenever the verse happens to begin on a new
line. Psalm-initials, in red, extend over two lines, over three lines as
regards ps. 91. The initials of ps. 97 and ps. 101, which stretch over
six and seven lines, respectively, are multicoloured with very finely
drawn vegetal scrolls. For the identification of this fragment as
belonging to the same manuscript as the Randers fragment, see
Westergård-Nielsen, op. cit.
Contents:
F. (l)rv, the Randers fragment: Ps. 90,12-in finem. Versicles,
prayer. Ps. 91 - Ps. 93,15
F. (2)rv, from AM 102 8°: Ps. 96,9 - Ps. 100,8
F. (3)r: Ps. 100,8-in finem. Versicles, three prayers. Ps. 101, 1-6
F. (3)v: Ps. 101, 7-27
F
Copenhagen MS AM Access. 7d. Psalter XI consists of two separate
leaves and a bifolium with consecutive text, that is, the middle pair of
a quire. Ff. (1-2) have been trimmed with loss of a small part of the
text: ff. (3-4) are whole. The written space measures 18x11/11,5 cm,
with 30 long lines to the page. Prickings for ruling are visible in the
outer margins of the untrimmed leaves.
Date: fourteenth century, first quarter. The script is a rather angular
book-hand. Its most striking feature is the triangular, one-storied a.
Rubrics and verse-initials in red; whenever a verse begins on a new
line, the initial has been placed in the margin. There are 4-line psalm-
initials in red and green, or in red and blue, in the usual interlaced
scroll-pattem; ps. 51 and ps. 52 have 8-line initials, both multicoloured
and very finely drawn, that of ps. 51 with a design of zoomorphic
scrolls, that of ps. 52 with vegetal scrolls. See Plates 107-108.
Contents:
F. (l)r, from AM 480 12°: Ps. 50,16-in finem. Versicles, three
prayers
F. (l)v: Ps. 51 - Ps. 52,5 (lac.)
F. (2)r, from AM 902c 4°: Ps. 68, 13-32
F. (2)v: (lac. of two lines) Ps. 68,33 - Ps. 70,8 (lac.)
Ff. (3)rv-(4)rv, from AM 147 8°: Ps. 105,15 - Ps. 107,14