Psalter

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Accession number:

MS M.913

Title:

Psalter

Created:

Oxford, England, 1230-1240.

Credit:

Gift of the Fellows, January 1963.

Description:

1 single leaf, matted : vellum, ill. ; 215 x 143 mm

Provenance:

M.913 was a component of the massive extra-illustration (587 portraits, views, proofs, etc.) incorporated into a first edition copy of Thomas Frognall Dibdin's The Bibliographical Decameron of 1817, rebound by Rivière into 12 volumes in the early 20th century; Collection of Mrs. Walter P. Bliss; her estate sale (New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 12 December 1961, lot 60) to Mr. John F. Fleming; purchased from Fleming and Gift of the Fellows in January, 1963.

Notes:

Ms. psalter single leaf (6 other leaves from the same Psalter are owned by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, England, MS 330) (William de Brailes psalter), written and illuminated in England, Oxford, ca. 1230-1240.
The back (verso) of this cutting is blank and is not lined (glued down to a secondary support).
Decoration: 1 full-page miniature comprising 6 oval medallions with scenes of the childhood of Christ, arranged in 3 rows of 2, superimposed upon a rectangular ground with 8 figured medallions set into the frame depicting: the prophets Hosea, Habakkuk, Jeremiah and Isaiah at the corners; Daniel and Balaam at the center sides; two eagles at upper and lower centers; between the medallions are 2 small roundels at center and 4 half-roundels at the sides, holding lions, cockerels, and squirrels.
Artist: William de Brailes.

Script:

cursive

Language:

Latin

Resources:

Description/Bibliography

Century:

13th century

Genres:

Illuminated manuscripts

Single leaves

Miniatures (Illuminations)