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Quadruple psalter (Hebrew-Latin, Greek-Latin), BPG 49 A

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Published (digital)	Leiden University Libraries,
Title	Quadruple psalter (Hebrew-Latin, Greek-Latin), BPG 49 A
Content	Contains four versions of the Psalter written in parallel columns. The two columns on the versos contain the Hebrew text and the Latin 'Hebraica' version of St. Jerome; the two columns on the rectos contain the Greek text and the Latin 'Gallicana' version.
Shelfmark	BPG 49 A
Subject (topical)	Reading culture bible (MMDC)
Subject (temporal)	Middle Ages 12th century
Note	BPG 49 A is the earliest of the rare trilingual Psalters, according to Olszowy-Schlanger & (2008). Written in three scripts. Origin and date: Based on characteristics of the Latin script and illuminated initials; cf. Olszowy-Schlanger & 2008, p. 106. Collation: 37 quires: IV-1 (1-7) + 27IV (8-223) + V (224-233) + 8IV (234-297). The second leaf in quire 1, originally a quaternio, is missing (between ff. 1 and 2); its counterpart (the seventh leaf) was placed behind the eighth leaf (6-7). The present order of quires 15-21 (between ff. 111 and 168) was originally 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15. Correct reading order: ff. 1-5, 7, 6, 8-111, 160-167, 152-159, 144-151, 136-143, 128-135, 120-127, 112-119, 168-297. Binding: Post-medieval binding (18th century).- Leather (red gold-tooled). Description (Bouwman 2023): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:3619870 Description (Senguerdius & 1716): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:290399 Description (Catalogus compendiarius 1932): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:491294 Description (De Meyier 1965): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:120465 Description (Van der Heide 1977): http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:101077
Reference	Bouwman 2023 = A. Bouwman, Inventory of western medieval manuscripts held by Leiden University Libraries. Leiden 2023 Catalogus compendiarius 1932 = [H.P. Blok,] Catalogus compendiarius continens codices omnes manuscriptos qui in Bibliotheca Academiae Lugduno-Batavae asservantur. Vol. 1 (Leiden 1932), De Meyier 1965 = K.A. de Meyier, Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Graeci. Leiden 1965, Irigoin 1970 = J. Irigoin, '[Review:] K.A. de Meyier, Codices Bibliothecae Publicae Graeci. Leiden 1965'. In: Revue des Etudes Grecques 83 (1970), p. 517-520. Kerr 2004 = R.M. Kerr, Vetus Testamentum in Lugduno Batavorum. [Exhib.cat.]. Leiden 2004, Olszowy-Schlanger & 2008 = J. Olszowy-Schlanger & P. Stirnemann, 'The twelfth-century trilingual psalter in Leiden'. In: Scripta. An international journal of codicology and palaeography 1 (2008), p. 103-112 Senguerdius & 1716 = W. Senguerdius & al., Catalogus librorum tam impressorum quam manuscriptorum Bibliothecae Publicae Universitatis Lugduno-Batavae. Leiden 1716, Van der Heide 1977 = A. van der Heide, Hebrew manuscripts of Leiden University Library. Leiden 1977,
Language	Latin Hebrew Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Country	France
Extent	electronic resource
Published/created	France, southwestern part ; Aquitaine, 12th century, 1170-1180
Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:878785