(Q43782)

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Bible
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Grotesques--France--13th century
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Psalters (books)--France--13th century
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Decorated initials--France--13th century
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Historiated intials--France--13th century
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between 1285 and 1299
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Extent: ff. 117 : parchment ; 138 x 203 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Gothic.
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Layout: 16(-3, 4) 2-912 1010 1110(-3, 7, 9, 10; + a leaf added at the end, f. 117). 23 long lines, except f. 116r-v in 2 columns of 23 lines, ruled in lead, double bounding lines on all 4 sides and across the middle of the text; additional single rule in the outer margin.
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Decoration: Opening historiated initial, f. 5v, 12-line, in white-patterned blue, enclosing David playing his harp against a burnished gold ground; the initial is set on a diapered rose ground outlined by a narrow gold strip with colored swirled extensions; "-eatus vir" in gold letters on colored compartments, placed along the initial. Nine other historiated initials, 10- to 9-line, in pink or...
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Other Decoration: 2-line initials in gold with white-patterned blue or pink infilling and ground of the other color; 1-line initials alternating red with blue flourishing or blue with red; line fillers in alternating series of red or blue curlicues.
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Holes across the top of f. 5, presumably from a sewn-in protective cover for the opening initial.
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Assigned Date: s. XIIIex.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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