Psalter
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca1860491
Additional Title: Psalter
Script:
Gothic bookhand
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 49r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial D with King David, beginning Psalm 38
Notes: The medieval Christians believed that David, the Old Testament king and ancestor of Christ, composed the Psalms. He appears in this initial holding a scroll and pointing to the words beside him, as if he were actually speaking the words to the reader.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1547293
Country: Country:Germany
Cardinal Point:northern
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1260
Image Dimensions Width: 150 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 186
Subjects
f. 6v 
f. 7v 
f. 49r
f. 97v 
front binding 
front cover 
back cover