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Psalter

Unknown · 1390 · 5 pictures

A Latin psalter of about 1390, an illuminated prayer book for devotional reading, made by an unnamed scribe and painter, probably in France or the Low Countries, now held by the J. Paul Getty Museum. Its pages show historiated initials with painted scenes set inside the letters, framed by gold, blue and red grounds and sprigged foliage borders, which a designer could draw on for decorative letterform and border ideas.

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