Accession number:
MS M.275
Title:
Psalter
Created:
Augsburg, Germany, 1225-1249.
Binding:
Green velvet which may date from the 19th century; vellum flyleaves have scraped 16th century French script; in maroon morocco case.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
9 leaves (1 column, 19 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 207 x 148 mm
Provenance:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Leo S. Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Ms. psalter leaves; written and illuminated in Augsburg, Germany, 1225-1249.
Text: portions of psalms 39, 40, 52, 80, 81, 102.
Decoration: 7 full-page miniatures and 4 full-page historiated initials.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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