Item Info

Script: Gothic bookhand
NickName: Lewis Psalter
Language: Latin
Folio Number: ff. 6v-7r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Opening with the Massacre of the Holy Innocents, the Flight into Egypt, the Wedding at Cana, and the Baptism of Christ
Notes: The miniatures in this opening are part of a cycle of twenty-four full-page miniatures depicting forty-eight scenes from the life of Christ. The cycle forms a pictorial preface to the text of the Psalms.
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1225-1240.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466054
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1250
Image Dimensions Width: 230 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 185