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Psalms and Hymns (Canticles)

Date:

1400/50 (16th century binding)

Artist:

French (Paris)

About this artwork

Status

Deaccessioned

Title

Psalms and Hymns (Canticles)

Date  Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.

1400–1450

Medium

Manuscript with 140 folios, borders and other decorations in tempera, gold leaf and colored inks, and gothica textualis inscriptions in French and Latin in black inks, ruled in brownish-black ink, on parchment, with parchment and laid paper fly-leaves, bound in pink velvet over cardboard

Dimensions

Images, average: 16 × 11 cm (6 5/16 × 4 3/8 in.); Sheets, average: 26 × 18 cm (10 1/4 × 7 1/8 in.)

Reference Number

1915.536

Extended information about this artwork

Object information is based on information known at time of deaccession and does not reflect any subsequent changes or new research findings about the object.

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