14th Century Psalter-Hours Leaves
- Categories
- Special Collections > McConnell Library Manuscript Collection
- Subject
- Psalter
- Medieval manuscripts
- Type
- vellum
- Coverage - Temporal
- 1325
- Identifier
- 14_PsalterHours
- Language
- Latin
- Publisher
- Radford University. McConnell Library. Archives & Special Collections.
- Description
- Two original leaves (four pages - not continuous) from a medieval manuscript Psalter-Hours. 13 lines of ruled Latin text, written with black ink on animal vellum. Paintings in the lower margins display a blue, pink, and gold bar being pulled by creatures. Each bar contains a seated or standing dog or rabbit. One two-line illuminated initial in pink with interior floral motif in red and blue and burnished gold, on a deep blue and pink ground with delicate white penwork. Thirteen illuminated line-extenders in burnished gold, blue, orange, and pink, three with fish. The first illuminated "E" begins Psalm 122 (King James 123) 2 - 4: "Ecce sicut . . ." The large illuminated "N" begins Psalm 123 (King James 124) 1 - 6: "Misi quia . . ." The illuminated "Q" begins Psalm 12 (King James 13) 5 - 6 followed by Psalm 42 (King James 43) 1 - 4: "Qui . . ."
- Rights
- In the public domain. No copyright permissions are needed. Acknowledgement of Archives & Special Collections, McConnell Library, Radford University as a source for borrowed images is requested.
