Argumenta in librum Psalmorum. Estheræ Inglis manu exarata Londini 1606 : manuscript, 1606
- Title
- Argumenta in librum Psalmorum. Estheræ Inglis manu exarata Londini 1606 : manuscript, 1606
- Place of Origin
- England
- Date
- 1606
- Language
- Latin
- Description
- Extent: 1 v. (100 leaves) ; 11 x 15 cm.
print - Abstract
- Title page (f. 1r) -- crest of Sir Thomas Egerton, Lord Ellesmere (1v) -- dedications to Egerton in French (2r) and Latin (3r-8r, by Bartholomew Kello) -- Exhortatio ad argumenta Psalmorum legenda (9r) -- portrait of Esther Inglis (9v) -- verses in praise of Esther Inglis by Andrew Melville, Robert Rollock, and John Johnston (10r-12r) -- Pss. 1-150 in Latin verse (13r-99r) -- drawing with motto "vive la plume" (100r).
- Genre
- Penmanship specimen books-England-17th century.
Calligraphy-England-17th century. - Notes
- Each Psalm is paraphrased in 4 lines. The writing is in a variety of small scripts by Esther Inglis, 1-4 Psalms per leaf (on the rectos only). Above the verses on each leaf has a drawing of a flower.
The drawings and decorations everywhere in the ms. are in colors and gold paint.
Bound in original brown calf, heavily stamped in gilt, with 2 ribbon ties.
In a tray case, 13 cm.
MS Typ 212. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Digital images of entire work are also available. - Series
- Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
- Repository
- Houghton Library, Harvard University
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