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PSALTER, in Latin, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Northern France or Flanders, last quarter of the 13th century]
164 x 112mm, 196 leaves, COMPLETE. Collation: 116 2-512 610+2 712+1 812 910 1016 1114+1 1216 13-1412 1510+4. 18 lines, justification: 108 x 72mm, written in black ink in a gothic textura, versal initials in gold and blue, with contrasting red and blue penwork decoration, line-fillers in blue, red and gold, 178 two-line illuminated initials in gold on blue and red ground, 8 EIGHT- AND NINE-LINE HISTORIATED INITIALS, red and blue on burnished gold and contrasting ground, (4 flaked or rubbed). Early 19th-century roan.
PROVENANCE:
There are no indications of early ownership. 19th-century stamp of Herzoglicher S.Meiningischer Bibliothek on first text leaf.
TEXT:
This comprises the Psalms in a slightly confusing sequence, which runs Psalm 1-116, 119-120, 117 and 118, followed by 8 Canticles, then Psalms 121-150, followed by 20 Canticles. Folios 112v-113v were blank, but a prayer in a contemporary hand has been inserted on two pages. There is medieval, slightly erratic, pagination throughout.
DECORATION:
8 large historiated initials (approx. 50x50mm) introducing the usual Psalms, the artist however mistook the traditional iconography. The subjects of the miniatures are:
F.1 (Ps.1) David harping (face rubbed); f.28v. (Ps.26) Samuel anointing David; f.46v (Ps.38) David pointing at his eyes; f.64 (Ps.52) the Fool with bauble; f.81 (Ps.68) David in water to the waist, Christ above (a little rubbed); f.102v (Ps.80) David playing the bells (face flaked); f.120 (Ps.97) David pointing at his mouth; f.142 (Ps.109) the Holy Trinity (faces rubbed).
[Northern France or Flanders, last quarter of the 13th century]
164 x 112mm, 196 leaves, COMPLETE. Collation: 116 2-512 610+2 712+1 812 910 1016 1114+1 1216 13-1412 1510+4. 18 lines, justification: 108 x 72mm, written in black ink in a gothic textura, versal initials in gold and blue, with contrasting red and blue penwork decoration, line-fillers in blue, red and gold, 178 two-line illuminated initials in gold on blue and red ground, 8 EIGHT- AND NINE-LINE HISTORIATED INITIALS, red and blue on burnished gold and contrasting ground, (4 flaked or rubbed). Early 19th-century roan.
PROVENANCE:
There are no indications of early ownership. 19th-century stamp of Herzoglicher S.Meiningischer Bibliothek on first text leaf.
TEXT:
This comprises the Psalms in a slightly confusing sequence, which runs Psalm 1-116, 119-120, 117 and 118, followed by 8 Canticles, then Psalms 121-150, followed by 20 Canticles. Folios 112v-113v were blank, but a prayer in a contemporary hand has been inserted on two pages. There is medieval, slightly erratic, pagination throughout.
DECORATION:
8 large historiated initials (approx. 50x50mm) introducing the usual Psalms, the artist however mistook the traditional iconography. The subjects of the miniatures are:
F.1 (Ps.1) David harping (face rubbed); f.28v. (Ps.26) Samuel anointing David; f.46v (Ps.38) David pointing at his eyes; f.64 (Ps.52) the Fool with bauble; f.81 (Ps.68) David in water to the waist, Christ above (a little rubbed); f.102v (Ps.80) David playing the bells (face flaked); f.120 (Ps.97) David pointing at his mouth; f.142 (Ps.109) the Holy Trinity (faces rubbed).