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Description
ff. 1-164; f. 164v blank. [Psalms]. Incipit: Hee Blessed is that neither loosely treades/ The straying steps as wicked councell leades. Explicit: Conclude by all that ayre or life enfold/ Let high Jehovah highly be extolde. Finis. The Seaven Penitentiall Psalmes of David. Psal. 6o, 32o, 51o, 102o, 130o, 143o. Rubric: The Psalmes of David done into English Verse by the Most Noble & Vertuous gent. Sr Phillipp Sidney Knt. Psalm 1. English. Other creator(s): Philip Sidney, translator; Mary Sidney Herbert, translator. J. C. A. Rathmell, ed., The Psalms of Sir Philip Sidney and the Countess of Pembroke (New York 1963) for the complete text of the 150 psalms, printed from the Penshurst manuscript belonging to the Viscount De L'Isle. W. A. Ringler, Jr., ed. The Poems of Sir Philip Sidney (Oxford 1962) 270-337, for the first 43 psalms, those translated by Sir Philip Sidney, omitting the Countess of Pembroke's revisions and additions. This manuscript collated by Ringler as L. Title from rubric. Support: Paper. Script: Italic. Layout: 1² 2⁴ 3¹²(- a leaf in the second half; no loss of text) 4⁶ 5⁸ 6⁶ 7¹⁰ 8⁶ 9¹⁰ 10⁶ 11¹⁰ 12⁶ 13¹⁰ 14⁶ 15¹⁰ 16⁶ 17¹⁰ 18⁶ 19¹⁰ 20⁶ 21¹⁰ 22⁶(-6). Catchwords in the lower right corner of the recto and verso of each leaf. 24-28 lines of verse, frame ruled in brownish-red ink. Watermark(s): Coat of arms somewhat similar to Heawood 514, dated 1594. Span folios: ff. 1-164v. Assigned Date: s. XVII1. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 3/8/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound, s. XVIII, in red morocco, gold tooled; marbled endpapers; gilt edges. HM 100. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Watermarks England 16th century. (aat) Translations (rbgenr) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
Source
Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
On f. ii, a note, s. XIX, quoting from the "Guardian vol. 1 p. 81" and presumably referring to this manuscript. Belonged to William Augustus White (1843-1927) of Brooklyn, New York; his name and the date 10 April 1922 in pencil on f. iii; not identified in his catalogues.
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