Description:
Recto: Text in Latin printed in a Gothic font on vellum. Two two-line and seven one-line initials in liquid gold on blue and red grounds added by hand after the printing. Metal cuts include a saint praying, God enthroned with the Lamb of God, a winged dragon and another fanciful beast.Verso: As Recto, with further hand added initials and metal cuts including a dragon, putti and horned musicians. In the centre of the bottom metal cut are the initials 'Gh' - for Gilles Hardouyn, the publisher of the book.
Origin: Paris.
Date: c.1512.
Content: The text on Recto includes sections of Psalm148 , Laudate dominum de celis and the Song of Zachariah, also called the Canticle of Zachary:
Benedictus [Dominus] Deus Israhel
quia visitavit et fecit redemptionem plebi suae
et erexit cornu salutis nobis
in domo David pueri sui.
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel :
for he hath visited and redeemed his people;
And hath raised up a mighty salvation for us :
in the house of his servant David;
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