Accession number:
MS M.283
Title:
Psalter
Created:
Paris, France, between 1228-1247.
Binding:
Formerly in maroon velvet; rebound in Nov. 1972 by Deborah Evetts in Hoffmann natural goatskin, blind tooled.
Credit:
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1907.
Description:
173 leaves (1 column, 21 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 160 x 120 mm
Provenance:
Rev. Walter Sneyd; his sale (London, Sotheby's, catalogue Dec. 16-19, 1903, lot 661, 4th day's sale, 2 plates); purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Olschki in 1907; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes:
Psalter, perhaps for the use of Worcester; written and illuminated in Paris, France, probably for an English patron, after 1228 and before 1247.
Decoration: 11 full-page miniatures on preliminary leaves, 9 historiated initials, 24 calendar medallions.
Artist: assigned by Robert Branner to the Soissons Workshop.
Script:
textura
Language:
Latin
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