{"product_id":"psalter","title":"PSALTER","description":"\u003cp\u003eText and Illumination: The volume comprises Psalms 15-150, followed by the Magnificat, a Litany and other prayers. The initials here compare well with the refined works of this region in the last decades of the thirteenth century (such as the Psalter for the use of Ghent, mid-thirteenth century, now Getty MS. 14; 85.MK.239, and the Bestiary from Flanders, c. 1270, now Getty, MS. Ludwig XV 3;83.MR.173: see Kren, Illuminated Manuscripts from Belgium and the Netherlands, pp. 40 and 44-6; and the Bute Psalter, made north east France c. 1270, now Getty MS. 46;92.MK.92: see same series for French manuscripts, pp. 31-32), and sets it well above the more commonly found rustic examples. The historiated initials contain: 1. fol. 30v, David as a crowned king with a long staff, touching his eyes as God blesses him (opening  Dominus illuminatio mea ... , Psalm 26); 2. fol. 50r, God appearing from a cloud and blessing an enthroned David (opening  Dixi custodiam vias ... , Psalm 39); 3. fol. 67v, David brandishing a sword before a Jewish religious leader, probably representing Ahimelech to whom the text is addressed (opening  Quid gloriaris in ... , Psalm 51); 4. fol. 68v, King David standing before a fool representative of those  who work iniquity, who have devoured my people like a loaf of bread , who holds a staff and bites from a circular piece of bread (opening  Dixit insipiens in ... , Psalm 52); 5. fol. 86v, Christ and David in different compartments of an initial, with Christ blessing while David is half-submurged in water (opening  Salvum me fac ... , Psalm 68); 6. fol. 109v, David with a stick ringing the bells hanging from a stone church (opening  E[xultate] deo nostro ... , Psalm 80); 7. Fol. 130r, three tonsured monks singing from a book on a lectern (opening  Cantate domino canticum ... , Psalm 97); 8. fol. 133r, David in prayer on the Mount of Olives (opening  Domine exaudi orationem ... , Psalm 101); 9. fol. 153v, the Crucifixion, with God the Father holding Christ on the Cross (opening  Dixit dominus ... , Psalm 109).   An elegant and high quality psalter   rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PSALTER","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57816138940751,"sku":"K50","price":125000.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1016\/2425\/0703\/files\/1_41047cf4-e7a1-46b2-b778-a39551b09177.jpg?v=1781795190","url":"https:\/\/www.sokol.co.uk\/products\/psalter","provider":"Sokol Books Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}