Talk:Hamilton Psalter

Two different psalters?

There's an AfD outcome suggesting a merge, with an outcome claiming that they are identical (Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MS Ham. 78.A.5), but my reading is that they are different manuscripts. The might well sometimes both be called the 'Hamilton Psalter', but it seems that there is more than one: the manuscript catalogued as Ham. 119 and that catalogued as Ham. 78.A.5. They seem to written (most) about a century apart, just sharing the same 19th century owner. It might be better to keep them separate. @Knowswheretheirtowelis, Cnilep, and FaviFake: thoughts? Klbrain (talk) 13:58, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

I've asked the closer to overturn; I'd do it myself if I knew how. Just idiotic. Johnbod (talk) 16:29, 5 July 2026 (UTC)

All I know about this topic is what I read in the articles. I guess that makes me "just idiotic", though I kinder term might be "not a Bible scholar". Cnilep (talk) 01:48, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

This is nothing to do with Biblical scholarship! Very careless reader might be a better description. Johnbod (talk) 03:32, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

The closer silently changed their closure to WP:SOFTMERGE, so i've removed the merging templates. FaviFake (talk) 08:11, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

I've add an 'about' template on each article; of course, another options might indeed be to discuss the 'Hamilton Psalters' collectively, but perhaps that's a discussion for the future. Klbrain (talk) 16:45, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Thanks! There's really no case for a joint article because of past shared ownership in a large collection. A disam page might be an idea. Johnbod (talk) 21:17, 6 July 2026 (UTC)