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Tickhill Psalter
The Tickhill Psalter is a fourteenth-century English Gothic illuminated manuscript. The psalter is an intricately illustrated but unfinished book meant for use in Augustinian worship. It is decorated with various biblical scenes, many from the life of King David, and is now kept in the New York Public Library.
This Psalter contains three sections, each written and illuminated in various stages of completion. The sections are divided into a preface by Peter Lombard, the Psalms, and the Twelve Canticles including the Litany of Saints and the Nine Collects.
Created in circa 1310, the manuscript was originally part of the library of the Worksop Priory in Nottinghamshire, but is now kept in the New York Public Library. The name most likely derives from the fact that it was produced by the Worksop prior John de Tickhill, who likely came from the nearby South Yorkshire town of Tickhill.
The Psalter is sometimes referred to as the Tikyll Psalter or Tickytt Psalter, due to a spelling issue on the title bindings that were redone under the Library of Lothian.
This Psalter is unique because the chief illuminator/ scribe's name and area of origin for the manuscript is known, unlike most other English Gothic illuminations, because of an Inscription written on the first folio.
This inscription identifies the author and artist as John Tickhill, the Prior of the Augustinian monastery of Worksop, nine miles from the village of Tickhill. He was instated as Prior in November 1303, and was removed from office on 6 March 1314 for financial misconduct, due in part to the costs associated with producing a script of this level, leaving the manuscript unfinished in different stages. This gives a unique insight into the production processes of these intricate 14th century manuscripts.
It is uncertain when the Tickhill Psalter was acquired by the Kerr family, also known by the title The Marquesses of Lothian, but the Psalter began appearing in records around the sixteenth century. Two bookplates were installed in the Psalter, one in the eighteenth century and one in the nineteenth century. Twenty of the pages were written on by owner William Kerr, his signature reading Ancram. During the eighteenth century, the Psalter was rebound by Scott of Edinburgh, who rebound many of the books in the Lothian Library. While being rebound, the margins had been cut down to 12+7⁄8 in (330 mm) and 8+5⁄8 in (220 mm).
It was bought by the New York Public Library at an auction of rare books and manuscripts from the library of the Marquess de Lothian on 27 January 1932, purchased by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. The manuscript was exhibited once by the New York public library before rebinding and conservation efforts took place. In 2016, twenty pages of the Tickhill Psalter were digitized and made publicly available through their online collections. The Psalter is a part of the Spencer Collection under the title "Psalterium".
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Tickhill Psalter
The Tickhill Psalter is a fourteenth-century English Gothic illuminated manuscript. The psalter is an intricately illustrated but unfinished book meant for use in Augustinian worship. It is decorated with various biblical scenes, many from the life of King David, and is now kept in the New York Public Library.
This Psalter contains three sections, each written and illuminated in various stages of completion. The sections are divided into a preface by Peter Lombard, the Psalms, and the Twelve Canticles including the Litany of Saints and the Nine Collects.
Created in circa 1310, the manuscript was originally part of the library of the Worksop Priory in Nottinghamshire, but is now kept in the New York Public Library. The name most likely derives from the fact that it was produced by the Worksop prior John de Tickhill, who likely came from the nearby South Yorkshire town of Tickhill.
The Psalter is sometimes referred to as the Tikyll Psalter or Tickytt Psalter, due to a spelling issue on the title bindings that were redone under the Library of Lothian.
This Psalter is unique because the chief illuminator/ scribe's name and area of origin for the manuscript is known, unlike most other English Gothic illuminations, because of an Inscription written on the first folio.
This inscription identifies the author and artist as John Tickhill, the Prior of the Augustinian monastery of Worksop, nine miles from the village of Tickhill. He was instated as Prior in November 1303, and was removed from office on 6 March 1314 for financial misconduct, due in part to the costs associated with producing a script of this level, leaving the manuscript unfinished in different stages. This gives a unique insight into the production processes of these intricate 14th century manuscripts.
It is uncertain when the Tickhill Psalter was acquired by the Kerr family, also known by the title The Marquesses of Lothian, but the Psalter began appearing in records around the sixteenth century. Two bookplates were installed in the Psalter, one in the eighteenth century and one in the nineteenth century. Twenty of the pages were written on by owner William Kerr, his signature reading Ancram. During the eighteenth century, the Psalter was rebound by Scott of Edinburgh, who rebound many of the books in the Lothian Library. While being rebound, the margins had been cut down to 12+7⁄8 in (330 mm) and 8+5⁄8 in (220 mm).
It was bought by the New York Public Library at an auction of rare books and manuscripts from the library of the Marquess de Lothian on 27 January 1932, purchased by Dr. A. S. W. Rosenbach. The manuscript was exhibited once by the New York public library before rebinding and conservation efforts took place. In 2016, twenty pages of the Tickhill Psalter were digitized and made publicly available through their online collections. The Psalter is a part of the Spencer Collection under the title "Psalterium".
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