2-617-584 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

A Page from the Egerton Bohun Psalter-Hours, 1370. This is one of a group of manuscripts made for members of the Bohun family, who were earls of Hereford, Essex, and Northampton during the 13th and 14th centuries. The initial contains four scenes: the man sick of the palsy let down from the housetop; Christ calling Levi the publican (i.e. Matthew); Christ calling the twelve apostles (Luke 5:19-27, 6:13). From 'The Connoisseur', 1937.