Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1260. Creator: Unknown.

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1260. Creator: Unknown.

2-733-589 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Leaf Excised from a Psalter: The Nativity, c. 1260. Traditional locations within manuscript psalters were designated by decorated initials or, as is the case here, full-page miniatures. These locations marked the major divisions of the psalms as used in the daily office. The extraordinary quality of these miniatures suggests they once decorated a deluxe psalter made for a wealthy or aristocratic patron, possibly a cleric.


Image Details


Medium
  1. Tempera and burnished gold on vellum

Picture Type
  1. Manuscript

Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3595x4902
File Size : 51,629kb


Aliases

  1. 1953.145.5
  1. 130384
  1. 0940013256
  1. 1953.145.5
  1. 2-733-589
  1. 2733589

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