farfel_n03_177_218

218
Sept '85
Rossignol Paris
320F = $32
[crossed out] Psalter, 15th C, Italy. [end crossed out] (c 1500-1520 30 Book of Hours France - Paris)
Well formed Renaissance Roman script Written on thin vellum in a fine humanistic roman
minuscule. In Latin, 24 lines per page, with lines fillings.
3 1/2 x 5 3/4". Illuminated capitals, set in blue + red (1 line)
backgrounds adorn the leaf. Contains portions of Psalms
37 + 38 of the Biblia Sacra Latina (36 + 37 of the King
James version). 1-2 line initial in blue with gold background.
35 4- Judica, Domine.
36 5- Dixit injustus.
37 6- Noli aemulsari.
38 7- Domine, he in fyrore.
This psalm, an appeal of the sinner to his Lord,
prefigures the commemoration of Christ's sacrifice: "Rebuke
me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in
thy wrath. For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy
hand hath been strong upon me."
See Maggs Bulletin #17 (73) Written in a well formed Renaissance roman script
which closely resembles the roman type developed by
Geoffroy Tory. (Similar leaf from a Paris Book of Hours)

Beatus page - from 1st word of 1st Psalm
Parchment - sheepskin - Pergamum
- made from split skin of the sheep (flesh side)
Vellum - calf - "vitulus" - skin is not split into 2 sections
- generally from the whole of any skin - has a grain
or hair marks - rule marks on hair side.
both prepassed with lime.