Decorated Incipit Page; Psalter, about 1240-1250. Additional Info:Gold capital letters laid out in an exquisitely balanced geometric grid continue the text of Psalm 1, which began with the large initial B on the page facing this one. The letters, set against colored grounds of mauve and blue, read: [B]eatus vir qui no[n] abiit in co[n]si[lio impiorum] (Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly).
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