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PSALTER, in Latin, fragments of two bifolia from an ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Germany, first quarter 13th century]
165x 208 mm; 161x 188 mm. Two consecutive bifolia, leaves foliated in pencil in a modern hand, 21 lines written in a protogothic script in brown ink, text capitals in red, FOUR DECORATED INITIALS (marginal cropping affecting the text of both bifolia, contemporary stitched repair to a tear on the second bifolium, some fading and scattered wormholes not significantly affecting the text). In a modern cloth binding. Provenance: BERNARD M. ROSENTHAL, San Francisco.
The text comprises Psalms 115:16-118:14 and 118:56-99, thus these are two consecutive bifolia of a single gathering, probably the middle two bifolia of four.
Although not painted in the most refined style, this is a fragment of a lavishly decorated book: Ps.116 has a female human figure kneeling to form the shape of the initial 'L'; Ps.117 has a rudimentary human face; Ps.118 has a dragon whose tail sprouts leaves and extends almost the full height of the page; the division of Ps.118 at verse 65 has a human-animal-bird-plant hybrid extending most of the height of the page; and the division at verse 81 has a dog-headed creature eating its own tail.
[Germany, first quarter 13th century]
165x 208 mm; 161x 188 mm. Two consecutive bifolia, leaves foliated in pencil in a modern hand, 21 lines written in a protogothic script in brown ink, text capitals in red, FOUR DECORATED INITIALS (marginal cropping affecting the text of both bifolia, contemporary stitched repair to a tear on the second bifolium, some fading and scattered wormholes not significantly affecting the text). In a modern cloth binding. Provenance: BERNARD M. ROSENTHAL, San Francisco.
The text comprises Psalms 115:16-118:14 and 118:56-99, thus these are two consecutive bifolia of a single gathering, probably the middle two bifolia of four.
Although not painted in the most refined style, this is a fragment of a lavishly decorated book: Ps.116 has a female human figure kneeling to form the shape of the initial 'L'; Ps.117 has a rudimentary human face; Ps.118 has a dragon whose tail sprouts leaves and extends almost the full height of the page; the division of Ps.118 at verse 65 has a human-animal-bird-plant hybrid extending most of the height of the page; and the division at verse 81 has a dog-headed creature eating its own tail.
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