Psalter (DS11775) (Q50690)

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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.357, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.357)
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Psalter (DS11775)
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Ohio State University (Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.357, Spec.Rare.MS.MR.Frag.357)

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    Extent: fols. 1; membrane; 236 x 166 (161 x 114)
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    Layout: 1 column, 21 lines
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    Decoration: On verso, 1 3-line "Q" in liquid gold, with the tail of the letter extending ambitiously up and down the exterior margin, the entire initial framed in blue, with traces of watered-down decorative penwork at the top of the frame, and with numerous 1-line versal initials in alternating red and blue
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    Decoration: The entire text on the recto is rendred in liquid gold capitals, each set in rows of colored grounds alternating from blue to red and to green, with each initial, as well as the text block's frame, outlined in red
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    Ruled in brown ink
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    Each instance of "N" on recto rendered backwards
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    Provenance: Previously sold at auction by Christie's, 11 July 2018, lot 6.2
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    The gold text and colored decoration on the recto evokes earlier design sensibilities from the early- and high-medieval periods
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    Incipit: [B]EATUS VIR QUI
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    Explicit: pre / ceptum eius . Dominus dixit ad me filius meus
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    Psalms 1:1-2:7
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    26 August 2024
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    26 August 2024
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