Beschreibung:

Bifolium from a Romanesque Psalter, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [probably Spain or adjacent southern France, twelfth century] Bifolium, each leaf with single column, 26 lines in a rounded early gothic bookhand, paragraph marks like 90º angles, line-fillers of thick red lines, small red initials set in margin, larger red initials with angular penwork strokes and loops or pendulous red drops at their tips, scuffs and cockling, small slits in first leaf (without text loss), torn corners at base and traces of old repair with tape, overall fair and legible, each leaf 270 by 186 mm. The script and decoration here appear French, but do not find parallels there, and seem closest to those of Spain and the nearby regions under its influence. Romanesque manuscripts from this region are far from common.