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Which Psalm, numbering system and language?

Six catalogue leads connect Hebrew, Latin, Armenian, Turkish, Arabic, Syriac and Geʿez reading. Preserve the exact Psalm and manuscript reference.

A Psalter can include more than its headline

A Psalter title describes a collection or use, but marginal glosses, added prayers and selected Psalms can change the object’s actual contents. Project 1081 notes a gloss. Project 22055 identifies Psalm 67 with commentary. Neither label by itself establishes that the same full sequence is present in every record below.

Make a passage concordance

When Psalm numbering differs between editions, preserve both references and the opening words. Add the language and manuscript folio. This lets a reader find the same passage without silently imposing one numbering system on another. Check whether the comparison concerns the Psalm text, a liturgical arrangement or a commentary.

Multilingual does not automatically mean translated

The language list for a content item may include more than one language. That alone does not tell us how the languages relate: parallel translation, gloss, quotation or different portions of text. The Armenian and Turkish listing below is a reason to inspect the witness, not a licence to assume a complete bilingual edition.

SIX NAMED MANUSCRIPT LEADS

Psalms, psalters and multilingual reading

The fields below adapt HMML’s licensed catalogue metadata. They are not a transcription, a new translation or a completed image review.

Psalter

Benediktinerstift Seitenstetten. Stiftsbibliothek

Seitenstetten, Austria · Latin

Shelfmark
Codex Seitenstettensis 307
Catalogue access label
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Scanned Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalter

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Catalogue note: Includes gloss

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1400–1500 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Christine Glassner, Inventar der mittelalterlichen Handschriften des Benediktinerstiftes Seitenstetten, nach dem handschriftlichen Katalog (2005)

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2025/07/25.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

Psalm 67 with commentary

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Vienna, Austria · Hebrew

Shelfmark
Cod. Hebr. 95
Catalogue access label
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Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalm 67 with commentary

Content location: fol. 59v-60v

Catalogue uniform title: Bible. Psalms

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1460–1600 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Arthur Zacharias Schwarz, Die hebräischen Handschriften der Nationalbibliothek in Wien (1925).

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2025/07/17.

Source online-view flag: No. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

Psalter

Österreichische Nationalbibliothek

Vienna, Austria · Armenian, Turkish

Shelfmark
Codex Vindobonensis Palatinus. Armen. 12
Catalogue access label
Unregistered or order a digital copy
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Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalter

Content location: fol. 1r-276v

Catalogue uniform title: Psalter (Armenian Rite)

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: No numeric copy-date range supplied.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

J. Dashian. Catalog der armenischen Handschriften in der k.k. Hofbibliothek zu Wien (Wien, 1891)

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2025/07/17.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

Malta Series I 1062# Reference

Psalter

Saint Francis Friary (Valletta, Malta)

Valletta, Malta · Arabic

Shelfmark
MS A. 8
Catalogue access label
Registered or order a digital copy
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Scanned Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalter

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1633 CE. Native date in catalogue: 1 Muḥarram 1043 AH.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2025/12/04.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

OLM 00644# Reference

Psalms

Lebanese Maronite Order

Kaslik, Lebanon · Syriac

Shelfmark
Not supplied in this export
Catalogue access label
Registered
Surrogate
Digital
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalms

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Catalogue uniform title: Bible. Psalms

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1703 CE.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2022/10/26.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

South Africa 124# Reference

Psalter

Grey Collection (National Library of South Africa)

Cape Town, South Africa · Ge'ez

Shelfmark
Ms. 48.b.6 (Eth. Ms. 1)
Catalogue access label
On-site only or order a scan
Surrogate
Microform
Contents, dating and translation evidence

Psalter

Content location: Not supplied in this export

Catalogue uniform title: Psalter (Ethiopian Rite)

Copy-date evidence

Part 1: 1800–1900 CE · catalogue flags the century as uncertain.

These dates describe selected manuscript parts. They do not establish the composition date or a historical cosmic epoch.

Translation evidence

Translation coverage not assessed for this witness. This is not a finding that no translation exists.

Bibliography supplied by HMML

Carol Steyn, The Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Grey Collection of the National Library of South Africa, Cape Town, 2 vols. (2002).

Source physical-status label: In situ. Catalogue record last updated: 2020/11/10.

Source online-view flag: Yes. The access label remains a separate field. Neither field was verified by opening every image in this review.

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Catalogue credit and scope

Catalogue metadata from Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML), vHMML Reading Room, CC BY 4.0. Babylon selected 36 records, selected relevant content items, removed formatting and reduced the fields. Original images are not included.

Six manuscript leads in each of six subjects. These are examples, not all HMML holdings or a ranked list. Source identifiers and access labels are retained. Translation coverage has not been reviewed at witness level. Babylon is independent of HMML and the repositories named here. The selection is reviewed on 5 November 2026; current conditions must be checked at the source.

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