[Psalterium]
Psalter ("Psalter of Anne Boleyn"), in French
France, Rouen, 1529–32
Illuminated by the Master of the Ango Hours for Anne Boleyn
Octavo manuscript on vellum, 274 leaves, with 2 full-page coats-of-arms and 16 armorial initials, in French humanistic script
127 x 87 x 33 mm
Bound in white satin in London, ca. 1630, embroidered in silks with the motif of the pelican feeding her young (the Pelican in her Piety) on the front cover and flowers on the back.
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