(190x145 mm – 7.5 x 5.75'') Original leaf from a medieval manuscript Psalter. 16 lines of Latin text, written in Gothic script with black ink on animal vellum.
One two-line illuminated initial in deep blue surrounded with delicate red penwork; thirteen one-line illuminated initials alternating in red and blue; eight illuminated line-extenders in red and blue.
England, c. 1210-20.
The one-line illuminated “Q” begins Isaiah 38:18-20: “Quia non infernus…” (For hell shall not confess to thee; neither shall death praise thee: nor shall they that go down into the pit, look for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall give praise to thee, as I do this day: the father shall make thy truth known to the children. O Lord, save me, and we will sing our psalms all the days of our life in the house of the Lord).
The two-line illuminated “E” begins I Kings (King James I Samuel) 2:1-8: “Exultavit…” (My heart hath rejoiced in the Lord, and my horn is exalted in my god: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies: because I have joyed in thy salvation. There is none holy as the Lord is: for there is no other beside thee, and there is none strong like our god. Do not multiply to speak lofty things, boasting: let old matters depart from your mouth: for the Lord is a God of all knowledge, and to him are thoughts prepared. The bow of the mighty is overcome, and the weak are girt with strength…).
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