File:Decorated Incipit Page - Google Art Project (6850315).jpg
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Decorated Incipit Page ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Unknown – illuminator |
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Title |
Decorated Incipit Page title QS:P1476,en:"Decorated Incipit Page"
label QS:Len,"Decorated Incipit Page" |
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Object type | Folio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
Gold capital letters laid out in an exquisitely balanced geometric grid continue the text of Psalm 1, which began with the large initial B on the page facing this one. The letters, set against colored grounds of mauve and blue, read: [B]eatus vir qui no[n] abiit in co[n]si[lio impiorum] (Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly). |
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Date | about 1240 - 1250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medium | "Tempera colors, gold leaf, and silver leaf on parchment" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 227 mm (8.93 in); width: 157 mm (6.18 in) dimensions QS:P2048,227U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,157U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q29247 |
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Accession number |
lido.getty.edu-gm-obj110066 |
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Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | 5wHzgTpU2jU6IQ at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
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