Leaf from Psalter: Initial B (Beatus vir)
Psalters were the primary prayerbooks used during the early medieval period. King David was commonly believed to have composed the psalms of the Old Testament that make up the Psalter. Here, David is seated within the initial “B” of Psalm 1, which begins “Beatus vir” (Blessed...
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Created for Augustinian or Premonstratensian use (?), likely Rheinland, late 12th or early 13th century. Leander van Ess, Darmstadt, after 1800. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps [1792-1872], 1824 [1]; Phillipps' Sale, London, either 1911, no. 868, or 1913, no. 1021. Léon Gruel, Paris [2]; purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] fol. 1r - rampant lion stamp and inscription: ""Sir T.P./Middle Hill 441""[2] no. 924 on front pastedown
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