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Leaf Excised from a Psalter: Initial B with King David
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Traditional locations within the texts of manuscript psalters were marked by decorated initials or full-page miniatures. These miniatures designated the major divisions of the psalms as used in the daily office. The extraordinary quality of these miniatures suggests they once decorated a deluxe psalter made for a wealthy or aristocratic patron.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLeaf Excised from a Psalter: Initial B with King David, c. 1260. Flanders, Liège(?), 13th century. Tempera and gold on vellum; sheet: 13 x 8.9 cm (5 1/8 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1953.145.1
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