Description:
Recto:15 lines of text in Latin written on vellum in black ink in a gothic bookhand. An intricate panel of illuminations runs the length of the text in a style known as rinceaux. The illuminated panel features acanthus leaves in blue and liquid gold outlined in red & orange, along with swirling tendrils bearing coloured flowers, foliage and gold bezants. Five one-line initials illuminated in burnished gold on grounds of red, blue and white outlined in black, and three line fillers. Verso: As Recto, but with text in two sizes, two one-line illuminated initials and an equally fine panel of illuminations.
Source: Northern France, probably Paris
Date: c.1465
Content: The text on Recto is a section of Psalm 137 (KJV138). The illuminated initial 'I' on the second line begins verse 4:
In quacumque die invocavero te, exaudi me: multiplicabis in anima mea virtutem. Confiteantur tibi Domine omnes reges terrae: quia audierunt omnia verba oris tui. Et cantent in viis Domini: quoniam magna est gloria… Read More