1210-1240 Illuminated Psalter Leaf on Vellum - Psalm 119:155-172
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:155-172
Illumination: 17 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R99
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:155-172
Illumination: 17 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R99
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:155-172
Illumination: 17 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R99
Description
[Flanders, Belgium: circa 1210-1240]. 125 x 90 mm. (4.75 x 3.5 in). 18 lines to the single column written in Latin in a gothic rotunda.
An early 13th century leaf from a beautifully illuminated psalter. Seventeen illuminated one-line initials with all of them joined with an illuminated one-sided and three-sided bar border against blue and red colors.
Text begins with Psalm 119:155 and ends on Psalm 119:172.
Condition
Some browning and light ink staining to edges; minor stains not impacting text with light edge-wear.