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Psalter

A work made of manuscript with 214 folios, 17 miniatures, ten historiated initials and two full page miniatures, with borders and initial letters in tempera and gold leaf, text pages ruled in graphite with latin littera textualis formata inscriptions in black inks, on parchment, bound in modern red velvet over cardboard, with gilded and trimmed edges.
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  • A work made of manuscript with 214 folios, 17 miniatures, ten historiated initials and two full page miniatures, with borders and initial letters in tempera and gold leaf, text pages ruled in graphite with latin littera textualis formata inscriptions in black inks, on parchment, bound in modern red velvet over cardboard, with gilded and trimmed edges.

Date:

1280/95 (20th century binding)

Artist:

Belgian (Ghent or Bruges)

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Title

Psalter

Place

Belgium (Artist's nationality:)

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1280–1295

Medium

Manuscript with 214 folios, 17 miniatures, ten historiated initials and two full page miniatures, with borders and initial letters in tempera and gold leaf, text pages ruled in graphite with Latin littera textualis formata inscriptions in black inks, on parchment, bound in modern red velvet over cardboard, with gilded and trimmed edges

Dimensions

Vellum: 13 × 11 cm (5 1/8 × 4 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Prints and Drawings Sundry Fund

Reference Number

1917.86

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