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Source Description
This Psalter, dating to the last quarter of the thirteenth century, was made in French Flanders for use in the diocese of Metz. Originally part of a Psalter-Hours, the two parts of the book were separated long ago and bound separately in the eighteenth century. The Hours half has recently been identified by François Avril as belonging to the Bibliothèque nationale de France, where it is n.a. Lat. 915. The Psalter component is heavily decorated, containing historiated initials as well as borders and line fillers full of hybrid creatures and grotesques.
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31913
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Psalter from a Psalter-Hours
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title
Psalter from a Psalter-Hours
description
This Psalter, dating to the last quarter of the thirteenth century, was made in French Flanders for use in the diocese of Metz. Originally part of a Psalter-Hours, the two parts of the book were separated long ago and bound separately in the eighteenth century. The Hours half has recently been identified by François Avril as belonging to the Bibliothèque nationale de France, where it is n.a. Lat. 915. The Psalter component is heavily decorated, containing historiated initials as well as borders and line fillers full of hybrid creatures and grotesques.
provenance
Diocese of Metz, individual affiliated with Franciscan or Dominican house (?), 1275-1300. 'Deberud[?]t', 17th century [1]. Léon Gruel and Edmond Engelmann, Paris, late 19th-early 20th century [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1903 [3]; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Name inscribed in lower margins, fols. 68v and 69r[2] Their bookplate on front pastedown, inscribed ""No 134""[3] Invoice Walters archives
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4th quarter 13th century
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en
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illuminated manuscripts
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cm
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13.7
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10
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Folio H: 5 3/8 × W: 3 15/16 in. (13.7 × 10 cm)
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Gothic
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[Inscription] On spine in gilt tooling: PSAUME DE DAVID
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ink and pigments on parchment bound between boards covered with leather
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