A Benedictine Psalter from Peterborough Abbey, followed by canticles (f. 168), the litany (f. 184) and the Office for the Dead (f. 196). On f. 5 is a calendar with obits. Fol. i + 1-4 are the 5 old flyleaves. Fol. 1 is a leaf from a late 13th century choir Breviary, while f. i contains the polyphony. After the first composition a second hand has added the Conditor alme hymn in the free space. This is monodic, but the Procedens de thalamo which precedes no. 2 has no notes at all. Belonged in the 14th century to Fr. Walter de Rouceby of Peterborough, who died in 1341. On December 20, 1604 it was the property of John Harborne, and shortly afterwards entered the Barlow collection (Thos. Barlow's signature dated 1666 appears on f. 2).

1 leaf has been cut out after f. 1, and 9 more before f. 5. 1 1/2 staves at the top have been cut away

white leather over wooden boards; original

Ars Nova type notation

Originally there were 4 accolades of three brown five-line staves per page

modern pencil foliation at t.r.r.

i r+v

contains 19 fine miniatures and has initials coloured blue, red, gold and other shades (Psalter); initials in polyphony section are blue-red.

parchment

RISM B/IV 2: An early 14th century Benedictine Psalter from Peterborough Abbey meas. 264 x 178 mm. and containing 5 + 203 folios. This very ornate codex belonged in the 14th century to Fr. Walter de Rouceby of Peterborough, who died in 1341. On December 20, 1604 it was the property of John Harborne, and shortly afterwards entered the Barlow collection (Thos. Barlow's signature dated 1666 appears on f. 2). The Psalter, which contains 19 fine miniatures and has initials coloured blue, red, gold and other shades, is followed by canticles (f. 168), the litany (f. 184) and the Office for the Dead (f. 196). On f. 5 is a calendar with obits. Fol. i + 1-4 are the 5 old flyleaves; 1 leaf has been cut out after f. 1, and 9 more before f. 5. The foliation is in modern pencil at t.r.r., and the binding of white leather over wooden boards is original. Fol. 1 is a leaf from a late 13th century choir Breviary, while f. i contains the polyphony. Originally there were 4 accolades of three brown five-line staves per page, but 1 1/2 staves at the top have been cut away. The notation is of Ars Nova type. After the first composition a second hand has added the Conditor alme hymn in the free space. While this is monodic, the Procedens de thalamo which precedes no. 2 has no notes at all. The initials in this section of the ms are blue-red.

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