Psalter

Unknownthird quarter of 13th century

Details

Title: Psalter
Creator: Unknown
Date: third quarter of 13th century
Location Created: Engelberg, Switzerland
Physical Dimensions: Leaf: 21.6 x 15.6 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/8 in.)
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Medium: Tempera colors and gold leaf on parchment bound between wood boards covered with brown calf
Object Type: Manuscript
Number: Ms. Ludwig VIII 3
Inscription: Secondary Inscription: Inscribed fol. 1, in a fifteenth-century hand, "Istud psalteriu[m] p[er]tinet ad domu[m] s[an]c[t]e / marie in Buchshain ord[inis] Carthusien[sis] / Et fundator dom[us] dedit p[ro]pt[er] deu[m] eis." The portions of the psalms which were lost when leaves were cut out have been written into the margins of the adjoining folia (i.e., fols. 27v, 56v, 89v, 90, 105v, 106v, 107, 121v, 122).
Culture: Swiss
Classification: Manuscripts

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