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Psalter (MS M.656).

Accession number
MS M.656
Object title
Psalter (MS M.656).
Display Date
between 1600-1650.
Created
Buzău, Romania, between 1600-1650.
Binding
17th-century light brown sheep.
Credit line
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in 1922.
Description
375 leaves (1 column, 15 lines), bound : paper, ill. ; 210 x 150 mm
Provenance
Purchased by J.P. Morgan (1867-1943) in London from Archbishop Sophronios of Lentopolis, Egypt, in July 1922.
Notes
Ms. Biblical and liturgical psalter; written and illuminated in Buzău, Romania, in the first half of the 17th century.
Texts: Psalms (fol. 1-325); table of feasts and corresponding psalms (fol. 325v); canticles and odes (fol. 326-375v).
Scribe: Matthew, Bishop of Buzău, Romania.
Watermarks: Briquet 9696, 5341.
Decoration: 177 illuminated initials with human figures, grotesques, birds and animals; 2 decorative title bands.
Script
cursive minuscule
Language
Greek
Century
Classification