The Luttrell Psalter : two plates in colour and one hundred and eighty-three in monochrome from the Additional manuscript 42130 in the British Museum.

Millar, E.G. ; Longley, G.J. ; British Museum.

Published by Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1932, 1932

Cloth, folio, 45 cm, [6], 56, [8] pp, 185 plates (2 in colour, heightened with gold). From a contemporary review by E.T. de Wald: : "In his publication of the Luttrell Psalter for the Trustees of the British Museum, Dr Millar relates the history of the manuscript and discusses its contents, with chief emphasis laid on its decoration. Three appendices, the first with a transcript of the will of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, the second with tables showing the probable descent of the Luttrell Psalter, and the third with a table of gatherings showing cognate leaves complete the text portion of the volume. There follow one hundred and eighty-three plates of facsimile reproductions of the most interesting pages of the manuscript. The first forty-one plates are chosen from pages on which hagiological and secular subjects are represented, and plates 42-182 are a complete facsimile of folios 145-215 inclusive, which are filled with extraordinary grotesque marginal illustrations. The last plate has examples of interesting space-fillers to complete a line of text. Dr Millar has handled the material with his usual keenness and ability, and one can concur with him in most of the interpretations which he gives for the sacred scenes. The volume is beautifully printed and takes its place worthily beside the numerous mediaeval manuscript publications issued in England." Contents 1 Introductory; 2. History of the Manuscript; Description of the Manuscript, viz. 3 Size, Etc., Collation, Binding; 4. Contents; 5 Writing; 6. Decoration (A) General Account (B) Detailed Description. Appendix I. Will of Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, Transcribed from the Original on ff. 212-13 (formerly ff. 100, 101) of Bishop Becke's Register at Lincoln, with English Translation. Appendix II. Tables Showing the Presumed Descent of the Luttrell Psalter. Appendix III. Table of Gatherings of the Ms., showing Cognate Leaves; Index of the Principal Subjects Illustrated. Bookplate of John Raymond Danson (1893-1976, bookplate by Stephen Gooden)) on front pastedown endpaper, browning along front joint, light offsetting to endpapers, otherwise Near Very Good. Lieutenant-Colonel Danson had a distinguished career in the Army in addition to working for the family firm of average adjusters in Liverpool. He bequeathed much of his collection(including several medieval manuscripts and an important erotica collection) to Trinity College, Oxford. Seller Inventory # ABE-63740

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Luttrell Psalter : two plates in colour ...
Publisher: Trustees of the British Museum, London, first edition, 1932
Publication Date: 1932
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition