Collection:
Medieval Manuscripts
Item No:
mca1850661
Generic Title:
Psalter
ShelfMark:
Lewis E 185
Folio Number:
f. 66r
NickName:
Lewis Psalter
Creation Year:
1225 - 1250
Creation Place:
Country: France
City/Town/Township: Paris
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language:
Latin
Image Dimensions:
165 mm x 230 mm
Notes:
- In this fully illustrated psalter, the historiated initials comment on the text of the psalm they illustrate. This initial D begins Psalm 38, "Dixi custodiam vias meas ut non delinquam in lingua mea ..." (I said I will take heed to my ways that I sin not with my tongue), which explains why David is pointing to his mouth in the initial.
- Initial D, beginning Psalm 38
- This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1225-1240.
Source:
Rare Book Department
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