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A Thirteenth Century York Psalter : A Manuscript Written and Illuminated in the Diocese of York About A.D. 1250. Described by Eric George Millar
by Millar, E.G. ; Roxburghe Club
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Boards somewhat splayed and with a few marks, otherwise Very Good
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About This Item
Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1952. Cloth, top edge gilt, folio, 40 cm, title printed in red and black,. 22 pp, 12 plates printed by Emery Walker. The manuscript is now known as the Hunterian Psalter. Millar's volume includes a transcript of the kalendar and litany. The ms. was acquired in 1945 by E. G. Millar for his own library, with the British Museum in view as its ultimate destination. This is one of the most hard-to-find of the Roxburghe Club's palaeographical volumes. Barker 2016. Boards somewhat splayed and with a few marks, otherwise Very Good.
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- Wykeham Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIBLIO-27351
- Title
- A Thirteenth Century York Psalter : A Manuscript Written and Illuminated in the Diocese of York About A.D. 1250. Described by Eric George Millar
- Author
- Millar, E.G. ; Roxburghe Club
- Format/Binding
- Cloth, top edge gilt, folio, 40 cm, title printed in red and black,
- Book Condition
- Used - Boards somewhat splayed and with a few marks, otherwise Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Printed for presentation to members of the Roxburghe Club, Oxford, first edition, 1952
- Date Published
- 1952
- Pages
- 22 pp, 12 plates printed by Emery Walker
- Keywords
- Psalters - York - England - 13th century. Illumination of books and manuscripts - Specimens, reproductions, etc. Manuscripts, Latin - Facsimiles. Roxburghe Club Millar, Eric George
- Bookseller catalogs
- Roxburghe Club;
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Wykeham Books
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