Ohio University, ege-20

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30504

Shelfmark:

ege-20

Title:

Ege leaf 20: Psalter, Netherlands, 1300s

Psalter

Place:

Netherlands

Netherlands TGN

Date:

1300s

fourteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 12.5 cm x 9 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: Gothic
Decoration: gold leaf; illuminations (painting); initials (layout features); line fillings; pen-flourished initials; rubrics; rules (layout features); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 20. VELLUM LEAF FROM AN ILLUMINATED MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
THE NETHERLANDS
Early XIVth Century
Latin Text
Angular Gothic Script
Psalter
(Psalterium)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
Small Psalters of this period are comparatively rare, since Psalters were used primarily in the church services and not by the layman
Here, the letters and ornament still retain all the rigidity of the previous century and give no indication of the rounder type of letter or any beginning of the interest in nature that characterized the work of the scribes in France
The filigree decoration, as well as the line-finishing elements, show, however, more creative freedom than either the initial or the text letters
The small burnished gold letters display considerable skill on the part of the illuminator, for it is difficult to control small designs in the gesso used as a base for the raised gold leaf.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Psalters

Manuscripts

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/83

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:83/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University