The Ramsey Psalter
Produced in England, Ramsay Abbey, ca. 1300–10
New York, Pierpont Morgan Library, MS M.302; St. Paul im Lavantthal, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 58/1 (cod. XXV/2,19)
Commissioned by the Ramsay Abbey cellarer, Walter of Grafham, this manuscript was no doubt intended as a gift for the abbot at this time, John of Sawtry.
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Open to fols. 16v—the calendar page for December, with the head of a Benedictine monk and the inscription “Grafham honoretur” in the lower margin, and 17r—with a full-page, two-register miniature depicting the dedication of Ramsay Abbey and its foundation.
Open to fol. 120v–121r.
Detail of gold capital on fol. 121r.
Facsimile: Der Ramsey-Psalter: Vollständige Faksimile-Ausgabe von Codex 58/1 der Stiftsbibliothek St. Paul im Lavanttal (fols. 2-5, 11-174) und Ms M.302 der Pierpont Morgan Library, New York (fols. 1-5=fols. 6-10 der Originalhandschrift), ed. Lucy Freeman Sandler, Codices selecti phototypice impressi, 103 (Graz: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, 1999)
Gift of Saint Louis University Library Associates
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