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Psalter, in Latin, manuscript on vellum [England (perhaps East Anglia), late thirteenth century]
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 GBP
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Description
- Vellum
two leaves, each 280mm. by 200mm., 18 lines in a fine littera minuscula gothica textualis prescissa formata (the highest grade of gothic book script), Psalms 88:8-24 and 95:9-96:9, decorative penwork line-fillers in red and blue, small initial in same with contrasting elaborate scrolling tracery, two large initials (2-line) in same, with sprays of foliage picked out in infill, slight damage to base of one leaf with no effect to text, small natural flaw in vellum in other leaf, else fine condition, both mounted in card folders
Provenance
provenance
George Salt (1903-2003), fellow of King's College, Cambridge, bought by him from David's bookshop, Cambridge, in 1978; his sale in our rooms, 17 December 1991, lot 8; Schøyen MS 1555.