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Me - Papers of the Mellish Family of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, c.1160-1991
1 - Papers of the Mellish Family of Hodsock, Nottinghamshire, c.1160-1911
Lm - Literary manuscripts, antiquarian papers, and religious and philosophical papers.
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Me Lm 1
Title
Manuscript volume, 'The Rushall Psalter'; 15th century
Date
15th century
Extent
1 volume, 197 ff
Level
Item/file
Access Conditions
Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance.
Content Description
In Latin, with some English additions and glosses.
Vernacular sections include items by Lydgate and Chaucer and an account of the Rushall family from the Conquest.
Language
Latin
Physical Description
parchment volume, with covered boards detached, one retaining original wrought-iron chain.
Publication Note
J.W. Whiston, 'The Rushall Psalter', appendix to N. J. Baker, 'The gatehouse of Rushall Hall, Staffs', in Transactions of South Staffordshire Archaeological and Historical Society vol. xxiii (1983), pp 89-91.
MORGAN, Philip, 'A Prose Narrative of the Lords Rushall in John Harpur's Psalter' Much heaving and shoving: late-medieval gentry and their concerns Essays for Colin Richmond, 2005
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