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Bible -- Psalms

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Booklet entitled "Paraphrases des Psaumes I-II-XVI-XXXVI-CXXIX par André Melvin", 1906-1907

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Identifier: Coll-1848/Df.7.42
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...
Dates: 1906-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Devota Meditacio super Psalmos Judica me Deus by Pierre d'Ailly

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Identifier: MS 113/ff. 127v-132v
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...
Dates: c 1444-1445
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing twenty-three texts

Enarrationes in Psalmos [incomplete] by Augustine of Hippo, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 90/f. 129r
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...
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including five texts

Pocket hymn book of "The Psalms of David" copied by John Hoult, Inscribed 1818

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Identifier: Coll-1848/25-0082
Scope and Contents

This is a pocket volume containing a compilation of psalms and hymns, penned in a single hand probably by John Hoult, entitled "The Psalms of David Selected for Public Worship from various versions. With an appendix containing Hymns for the principal Festivals of the Church of England". It is a direct transcription of a provincial edition of Richard Cecil’s compilation of canonical psalms first published in 1795.

Dates: Publication: Inscribed 1818
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

Praefatio super septem psalmos penitentiales, by Pierre d'Ailly

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Identifier: MS 113/ff. 104r-127v
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...
Dates: c 1444-1445
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing twenty-three texts

Psalter, 1591

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Identifier: MS 223
Contents

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



Writing

Headings and initials red.

Dates: 1591
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts