The Oldest Datings of the Utrecht Psalter
Bart Jaski
In the 1620s two attempts were made to date Utrecht Psalter (c.830, in or around Reims): by its owner Robert Cotton and theologian James Ussher. Their results offer an insight into how a collector scholar practised palaeography before this became modern study decades 1700. The Psalter, as well Genesis other manuscripts, dated relation their script, decoration content. This case underlines that history of codicology Mabillon Montfaucon is worth studying, not only own right, but also with regard development humanism scholarly networks.
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