Initials (from a Psalter) (fragment).

Description

Title: Initials (from a Psalter) (fragment).
Published / Created: [12--].
Publication Place: England
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of two initials that come from the same Psalter; for a further description of the manuscript from which they came, see Beinecke MS 483.11-14.
Description: In Latin.
Script: One letter "o" is preserved following the "H", written in gothic script in black ink.
Decoration: two 2-line initials "L" and "H" in blue decorated with foliate ornamentation outlined in brown and colored with green; the initials are for the beginning of Psalm verses.
Provenance: Gift of Henrietta C. Bartlett in 1954.
Extent: ff. 1-2 (two fragment) : 35 x 30 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval England 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Catholic Church
Subject (Topic): Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval
Psalters
Initials
Subjects: Catholic Church > Liturgy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Psalters
Initials
England > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Initials (from a Psalter) (fragment) General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.