Copy of a 1560 Geneva Bible at archive.org opened to Psalm 119:46-145 showing section titles ZAIN, CHETH, TETH, IOD, LAMED, MEM, NVN, SAMECH, PE, TSADDI and KOPH. [1]
Psalm 119 is referred to as temanya apin in Berachot 4b:אִילֵּימָא מִשּׁוּם דְּאָתְיָא בְּאָלֶף בֵּית, נֵימָא ״אַשְׁרֵי תְמִימֵי דָרֶךְ״ דְּאָתְיָא בִּתְמָנְיָא אַפִּין It is referred to as alfa beta by R. Shlomo Alkabetz (quoted by Shelah here) where he lists the texts that were recited as part of tikkun leil shavuot:אח"כ (תהילים י״ט:ב׳) מזמור השמים מספרים, ומזמור יקום אלקים (שם סח). אח"כ האלפא ביתא (שם קיט) בלא השירות "Refs for Ps. 119 being called "Alfa-Bita" and "Temanaya Apei"?", retrieved 2021-01-14
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See images 320 through 322 of the book Biblia Sacra Latina at The Morgan Library and Museum: Biblia Latina, Mainz: Johann Gutenberg & Johann Fust, c. 1455, p. PML 12, I, 318v–319r, retrieved January 10, 2024