PSALTER, in Latin, fragments of two bifolia from an ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
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.
PSALTER, in Latin, fragments of two bifolia from an ILLUSTRATED MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
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.
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