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Reykjavik Lbs. fragm. 61 (see J. Benediktsson, p. 14).
One leaf of two columns. The written space measures 17/17,5x
14/14,5 cm, with 26 lines to the page. The leaf is damaged and the
verso is difficult to read.
Date: fourteenth century, probably the third quarter. Rubrics are in
red. Each psalm-verse begins on a new line, with verse-initials in red,
placed in the margins or between the columns. There are F-shaped
dividing signs, also in red, between the current text and run-overs from
another line. Psalm-initials extend over three lines, over four lines after
ps. 81, in red and yellow scrolls.
Provenance: From the binding of the copy-book of the Church of
Refsstabir 1748-1775. No psalter is listed in the charters of St.
Lawrence’s Church of Refsstabir (N. Mul.), in the diocese of Skål-
holt, in the period 1367 to 1570. See Plate 115.
Contents:
F. (l)r: Ps. 80,15-in finem. Versicles, prayer. Ps. 81 - Ps. 82,12
F. (l)v: Ps. 82,12 - Ps. 84,4
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a) Copenhagen MS AM Access. 7d. Psalter IX. Four leaves,
trimmed when used for a binding. They constituted the two outer pairs
of leaves of a quire, probably of eight leaves.
b) Reykjavik Lbs. fragm. 62 (see J. Benediktsson, p. 14). A
bifolium with consecutive text, trimmed when used for a cover of the
accounts of the property of the See of Holar, dated 10 July, 1656,
presented in court 7 July, 1687.
The written space measures 15/16x11/12 cm, with 20 long lines to
the page.
Date: fifteenth century, first half. The script is an elongated late-
medieval book-hand. Rubrics and the ‘ordinary’ psalm-initials are in
red. There are 2-line psalm-initials in red and yellow, or in red and
blue-green; the initial of ps. 121, L(etatus), extends over four or five
lines, that is, the upright of the L has been placed in the margin. See
Plates 116-117.
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