Search Results: Titles starting with D from Littera Scripta

Verso: 17 lines of text in Dutch and Latin written on vellum in brown ink in a Gothic bookhand script. Rubrics in red, two initials touched in yellow. One two-line illuminated initial 'S' in raised and burnished gold on a ground of pink, blue and white outlined in black. Five one-line coloured versal initials alternating in blue and red.
Recto: As Verso, with seven one-line coloured versal initials.
Source: Netherlands.
Date: c.1490
Content: The text is sections of Psalms 148 and 149. Verso begins with the last few verses of Psalm 148 before the rubrics in red read: Cantate domino canticum - the opening line of Psalm 149 in Latin. The two-line gold initial 'S' begins the psalm in Dutch: Singet den heere… (Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle: let his praise be in the church of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: and let the children of Sion be joyful in their king).
Condition: The leaf is in very good condition, with clear text on clean vellum that has just minimal staining. The… Read More

Recto: Text in Dutch written in a rounded gothic bookhand in brown ink on heavy laid paper. Ruled in red and rubrics in red. One two-line initial 'W' in red and three one-line initials alternating in blue and red.Pricking marks in the right margin.
Verso: As Recto, with one coloured initial and extensive rubrics in red.
Origin: Netherlands
Date: c. 1500
Condition: The leaf is in very good/excellent condition. Apart from the expected edge browning, the leaf is in fine condition with clean paper and clear and bright text and decorations. It is unconditionally guaranteed genuine.
Size: Size of leaf: approx. 145x105 mm. Text and illuminated area : approx. 85x65 mm.
Notes:A breviary, etymologically a compendium or abridgement, is the liturgical work which contains the psalms and the hymns, the readings from Sacred Scripture and from the writings of the Fathers, the prayers and the responses, which are combined to form the canonical hours of the divine office of prayer recited daily throughout the world… Read More