Accession number
MS G.25
Object title
Psalter (MS G.25).
Created
England, perhaps London, ca. 1225.
Binding
19th century red velvet.
Credit line
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description
182 leaves (1 column, 20 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 330 x 222 mm
Provenance
André Hachette; his sale, Paris, Librairie Giraud-Badin, Dec. 16, 1953, lot. 33; purchased there by Arthur Rau, Paris for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes
Ms. psalter; written and illuminated in England, perhaps London, ca. 1225.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures, 2 historiated initials, 1 large interlace initial surrounded by 10 historiated roundels, 8 large interlace initials, most with animals and figures, numerous illuminated initials.
Decoration: 6 full-page miniatures, 2 historiated initials, 1 large interlace initial surrounded by 10 historiated roundels, 8 large interlace initials, most with animals and figures, numerous illuminated initials.
Script
textura.
Language
In Latin;
Resources
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