Leaf from a Psalter, with extremely large illuminated initials, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [southern Netherlands (Flanders), second half of thirteenth century (c. 1275)] Single leaf, with single column of 23 lines in a graceful and rounded early gothic bookhand (written space: 173 by 95mm.), line fillers in red and pale turquoise-blue penstrokes, one-line initials in liquid gold with thick black penwork edges, two very large initials in brightly burnished gold, within multi-coloured grounds, the form of the I long and gently curving, the two initials filling almost the entire border between them, one pointing hand symbol, one small natural flaw resulting in a small hole between the third- and second-from-last lines, clumsy early modern hand adding pagination 14 and 15 as well as Psalm nos. in margin, one small stain at lower corner, else excellent condition, 250 by 169mm.; in Otto Eges card mount with his printed description taped to front and his pencil notes, where erroneously identified as English The parent manuscript of this appealing leaf was no. 125 in Otto Eges Handlist (see Gwara, Otto Eges Manuscripts, 2013, p. 159).
Leaf from a Psalter, with extremely large illuminated initials, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [southern Netherlands (Flanders), second half of thirteenth century (c. 1275)] Single leaf, with single column of 23 lines in a graceful and rounded early gothic bookhand (written space: 173 by 95mm.), line fillers in red and pale turquoise-blue penstrokes, one-line initials in liquid gold with thick black penwork edges, two very large initials in brightly burnished gold, within multi-coloured grounds, the form of the I long and gently curving, the two initials filling almost the entire border between them, one pointing hand symbol, one small natural flaw resulting in a small hole between the third- and second-from-last lines, clumsy early modern hand adding pagination 14 and 15 as well as Psalm nos. in margin, one small stain at lower corner, else excellent condition, 250 by 169mm.; in Otto Eges card mount with his printed description taped to front and his pencil notes, where erroneously identified as English The parent manuscript of this appealing leaf was no. 125 in Otto Eges Handlist (see Gwara, Otto Eges Manuscripts, 2013, p. 159).
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