Scope and Contents This is a booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", which contains reproductions of manuscript psalms and two enclosed manuscript letters addressed to Sir William Turner from Paul Mellon, Association Franco-Écossaise, Sorbonne, 1907. The booklet is dedicated to William Turner: "Offert à Monsieur William Turner Recteur de l'Université d'Edimbourg et au Conseil Académique par M. P. Mellon, Secrétaire Général du Comité de Patronage des Étudiants Étrangers...

Scope and Contents This section contains 'Devota Meditacio super Psalmos Judica me Deus edita a Reverendissimo patre domino cardinali Cameracensi apostolice sedis in almania legato', Meditations on the Psalm 'Judica me, Deus' (Psalm 43) by Pierre d'Ailly, Bishop of Cambray. Starts with the words 'Domine sacerdos tu benignissime', and ends with 'da michi finaliter videre lumen vultus tui ubi cum patre et spiritu sancto...

Contents This part of the manuscript contains an excerpt of Enarrationes in Psalmos (Expositions on the Psalms) by Augustine of Hippo (354-430), one of the Church Fathers and a very influential theologian and philosopher. In the Enarrationes Augustine present us with a theological and philosophical analysis of the Psalms. Unfortunately, this manuscript has only a small excerpt of the...

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A Psalter (i.e. a book which contains the text of the Psalms) in Greek followed by two poems on the Psalms.

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Headings and initials red.

Scope and Contents This section contains 'Praefatio super septem psalmos penitentiales a domino Petro de Ailliaco episcopo Cameracensi post modum tractatus sancti Grisogoni presbytero cardinali', 'Preface on the Penitential Psalms by Lord Pierre d'Ailly, Bishop of Cambray. The text starts with the word 'Vera penitentia velud quaedam scala est', and ends with 'tu misericorditer praestare digneris, qui vivis et regnas in...