Castle liturgical psalter, 1575 - 1599

Foliation in brown ink skipped for fol. 115; fols. 115-118 corrected underneath in pencil. Text very worn and much repaired with large sections of text replaced with newer leaves; many places patched with newer pieces of parchment.

Parchment support (brittle, hair-side yellowed).

Contemporary brown leather over boards, edges covered with a now-rusty iron which has been nailed on. Brass boss centered on back and front cover, two rusted iron clasps on front and back, with fasteners missing.

118; 455 x 325 mm bound to 495 x 350 mm.

Single column, eighteen lines, each line of text with double rulings: a pair of lines, in lead, enclosing the body of the text, centered between a second pair of lines ruled in ink; double vertical and horizontal bounding lines in ink as well as double vertical bounding lines in lead; leaves with musical notation: single column, six lines of five-line staves, with vertical bounding lines in hardpoint or lead; written area: 402 x 230 mm.

Gothic -- textualis, written by several scribes. Diphthongs noted throughout.

One five-line initial beginning the text and smaller simple initials in red marking sections throughout; staves in red with square, black neumes; rubrication throughout; guide letters for rubricator visible inside or beside most initials.

Contemporary foliation in red, in upper right corner, recto, mostly lost or obliterated due to repairs and rubbing; later foliation in brown ink in either lower right or lower left corner, recto.