Accession number
MS M.688c
Object title
[Psalm 119].
Display Date
1934.
Created
1934.
Binding
Enclosed in 20th-century vellum wrapper.
Description
16 leaves + 5 ruled but blank (1 column, 25 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 376 x 260 mm
Provenance
Executed in 1934 for the Pierpont Morgan Library as an example of contemporary illumination.
Notes
Ms. psalm 119; written and illuminated in New York, USA, in 1934.
Scribe: Sister Olive Frances Rhinelander.
Formerly MS M.786.
Colophon on verso of last written folio: Written and Illuminated by Olive Frances Rhinelander in New York, USA in 1934.
Decoration: 21 large, 20 smaller illuminated initials and 1 full-page border, all in gold and with interlacing foliage decoration in rose, green, blue, orange, in the style of the English Winchester School.
Artist: Sister Olive Frances Rhinelander.
Scribe: Sister Olive Frances Rhinelander.
Formerly MS M.786.
Colophon on verso of last written folio: Written and Illuminated by Olive Frances Rhinelander in New York, USA in 1934.
Decoration: 21 large, 20 smaller illuminated initials and 1 full-page border, all in gold and with interlacing foliage decoration in rose, green, blue, orange, in the style of the English Winchester School.
Artist: Sister Olive Frances Rhinelander.
Script
uncials and cursive
Language
English and Latin
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