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C13th Psalter, Flanders on parchment, superbly illuminated throughout.
115cm x 86mm
.Composed of 204 leaves, the last three blank, missing a quire at the beginning with Calendar, Psalms 1 to 20 and 10 leaves in the text, probably with large initials.
Text in Gothic script on a single column of 18 lines, lead-mine ruling. Collation not practicable. Very good condition, only small reinforcements in the parts corroded by acid ink.
Binding
Spanish 16th-century leather binding with gold decorations, restored and reassembled, gilded edges and with traces of engraving.
Text
The first leaf is meant to be the last and was inserted by mistake by the binder, just as leaves 130 and 150 were exchanged in position.
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