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Psalter (MS M.284).

Accession number
MS M.284
Object title
Psalter (MS M.284).
Created
Germany, second half 13th cent.
Binding
Previously bound for T.O. Weigel; 19th-century German blue morocco; initials on upper cover; interleaved with light green silk; rebound (in 2018) in full red-dyed alum-tawed skin, linen thread headbands integral with sewing (interleaves removed) and housed in blue cloth calm-shell box.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description
13 leaves (1 column, 16 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 205 x 148 mm
Provenance
T.O. Weigel, his sale (Leipzig, July 12, 1898, no. 2); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written and illuminated in the Middle Rhine region of Germany, second half of the 13th century.
Texts: portions of Psalms 1, 2, 25, 26, 37, 38, 51-53, 67, 68, 80, 96-98, 100, 101, 108-110.
Decoration: 4 full-page miniatures, 2 half-page miniatures, 9 historiated initials.
Script
textura
Language
Latin and German
Century
Classification