Leaf Opening the Penitential Psalms, Cologne, Germany, Recto

Alternative Title

Catalogue 19

Creator

Unknown

Files

Publication Date

1460

Time Period

circa 1460

Abstract

The Seven Penitential Psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129, and 142), long associated with atonement, were ascribed in the Middle Ages to King David. The translation of Psalm 6 in this manuscript may ultimately derive from that of Geert Grote, but is in a German dialect closer to that of a Prayer Book now in Darmstadt, believed to have been produced in Cologne in the mid-fifteenth century.

Decoration

7-line gold opening initial with a pink and gold flower on blue and mauve ground. Border illuminated with typical Cologne-style four-lobed flowers with central gold dots, bell-shaped flowers, gold thistles, and gold branches.

Text Identification

The Penitential Psalms, opening to Psalm 6

Provenance

Sotheby's. Western Manuscripts and Miniatures, London, Tuesday 22 June, 1999, lot 91, fol. 101r (foliated as '99').

Keywords

Manuscripts, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Psalms (Music), Bible. Psalms, Old Testament

Notes

Items in this collection are only available online; we do not have physical copies of these items in the USF Library's Special Collections. The original items were returned to the donor.

Extent

1 page

Geographic Location

Cologne (Germany)

Language

Middle German

Media Type

Illuminated manuscripts

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S04-00070-03416-R

Recommended Citation

Unknown, "Leaf Opening the Penitential Psalms, Cologne, Germany, Recto" (1460). Sacred Leaves Manuscript Collection. 68.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves/68