Penitential Psalms, David Penitent, from a Book of Hours

An image of Book of Hours. Illumination, ruling. Use of Rome; liturgical use. Parchment, ii paper flyleaves + 225 fols. + ii paper flyleaves, 129 x 91 (69 x 48) mm, 13 long lines, ruled in pink ink, circa 1470- 1480. Five large miniatures painted in grisaille with blue and liquid gold highlights, with arched frames and full acanthus and floral borders in the same palette, at major text divisions: fol. 13r Hours of the Cross, Crucifixion with Virgin and St John; fol. 24r Hours of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; fol. 46r Hours of the Virgin, Matins, Annunciation; fol. 142r Penitential Psalms, David penitent; fol. 170r Office of the Dead, Funeral service. ORNAMENTATION: Black white-patterned initials [3 – 4 ll.] with foliage infill on gold grounds beneath full-page miniatures; identical initials [3 – 4 ll.] with partial borders at lesser text divisions; gold initials [1 – 2 ll.] on pink and blue white-patterned grounds; pink and blue white-patterned bar line-fillers with gold balls ornament; capitals highlighted in yellow. Southern Netherlands, Bruges, probably.

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Book of Hours. Illumination, ruling. Use of Rome; liturgical use. Parchment, ii paper flyleaves + 225 fols. + ii paper flyleaves, 129 x 91 (69 x 48) mm, 13 long lines, ruled in pink ink, circa 1470- 1480. Five large miniatures painted in grisaille with blue and liquid gold highlights, with arched frames and full acanthus and floral borders in the same palette, at major text divisions: fol. 13r Hours of the Cross, Crucifixion with Virgin and St John; fol. 24r Hours of the Holy Spirit, Pentecost; fol. 46r Hours of the Virgin, Matins, Annunciation; fol. 142r Penitential Psalms, David penitent; fol. 170r Office of the Dead, Funeral service. ORNAMENTATION: Black white-patterned initials [3 – 4 ll.] with foliage infill on gold grounds beneath full-page miniatures; identical initials [3 – 4 ll.] with partial borders at lesser text divisions; gold initials [1 – 2 ll.] on pink and blue white-patterned grounds; pink and blue white-patterned bar line-fillers with gold balls ornament; capitals highlighted in yellow. Southern Netherlands, Bruges, probably.

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Accession Number: MS 86
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Photographer name: Andrew Morris
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Image width: 757 pixels
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