IM-13626: Original leaf from a medieval illuminated manuscript Book of Hours. 25 lines, of red-ruled Latin in dark brown ink, written in fine gothic script on animal vellum with rubrics in blue.
Embellished with a two-line illuminated initial in sepia and gold on a blue ground with white pen-work; thirteen one-line illuminated initials and nine illuminated line-extenders (three in branch-like forms) in gold on alternating blue, red and sepia ground with gold highlights.
France, c. 1460.
Size: 160x100mm – 6.25 x 4 inches.
The one-line illuminated “V” begins Psalm 5:7-13: “Virum…” (The bloody and deceitful man the Lord will abhor. But as for me in the multitude of thy mercy, I will come into thy house; I will worship towards thy holy temple, in thy fear. Conduct me, O Lord, in thy justice: because of my enemies, direct my way in thy sight. For there is no truth in their mouth: their heart is vain…And all they that love thy name shall glory in thee: For thou wilt bless the just. O Lord, thou hast crowned us, as with a shield of thy good will).
The two-line illuminated “D” begins the first Penitential Psalm, Psalm 6: 1-5: “Domine…” (O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. Have mercy on me, O Lord for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. And my soul is troubled exceedingly…). The Penitential Psalms are a group of 7 psalms considered appropriate for prayer during times of repentence.
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