1210-1240 Illuminated Psalter Leaf on Vellum - Psalm 119:104-121
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:104-121
Illumination: 16 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R98
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:104-121
Illumination: 16 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R98
Key Features
Material: Parchment
Language: Latin
Format: 18 Lines to the Column
Text: Psalm 119:104-121
Illumination: 16 one-line initials with bar borders
Origin: Flanders, Belgium
SKU: R98
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. Sixteen illuminated one-line initials with thirteen of them joined with an illuminated one-sided and two-sided bar border against blue and red colors.
Text begins with Psalm 119:104 and ends on Psalm 119:121.
Condition
Some browning and light ink staining to edges; minor stains not impacting text with light edge-wear.