Flemish Psalter 1500 AD
Flemish Psalter 1500 AD
AUTHOR: UNKNOWN
LANGUAGE: LATIN
DATE: 1500
PAGE #: 258
REPRODUCTION DIMENSIONS:
HISTORY/DESCRIPTION: THE FLEMISH PSALTER IS A RICHLY DECORATED ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT THAT WAS MADE IN BRUGES AROUND 1500. THE BENEFACTOR THAT COMMISSION THIS MANUSCRIPT IS UNKNOWN HOWEVER THEIR ECCLESIASTIC COAT OF ARMS ADORNS THIS MANUSCRIPT AS MANY AS NINE TIMES. THE COAT OF ARMS IS AN AZURE COLORED LION RAMPANT ON A SILVER BACKGROUND. THE PSALTER IS WRITTEN IN INK ON VELLUM BUT CONTAINS A NINETEENTH CENTURY BINDING. THIS MANUSCRIPT CONTAINS A FULL ILLUMINATED PAGE THAT DEPICTS THE TREE OF JESSE AND A MINIATURE OF KING DAVID. IT HAS A CALENDAR THAT HAS TWELVE ILLUMINATIONS COMPOSED OF TWO PANELS THAT DEPICT THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND THE SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC. THERE ARE NINE SHEETS HAVE BORDERS ORNAMENTED WITH FLOWERS, BIRDS, AND BUTTERFLIES. THE FINAL ILLUMINATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT INTRODUCES THE TEXT OF THE OFFICE OF THE DEAD.
THE FLEMISH PSALTER IS AT THE LIBRARY OF THE IRISH COLLEGE IN PARIS, FRANCE.
REPRODUCTION DETAILS: OUR HARDCOVER BOOKS ARE MADE WITH REAL WOOD FOR THE INTERIOR OF THE FRONT AND BACK COVERS AS WELL AS THE SPINE. THE LEATHER IS A 4 OZ COWHIDE, FROM A SMALL SUPPLIER IN NORTH CAROLINA. THE LEATHER IS ADHERED TO THE COVERS WITH GLUE AND MOLDED INTO THE SHAPE AT THE HAND OF OUR LOCAL ARTISANS. THE SIGNATURES/PAGES ARE HANDSEWN USING A LIBRARY BINDING METHOD. THE SEWN BOOK IS BOUND WITH A STRONG ADHESIVE GLUE THAT MAKES THE BINDINGS LAST, ESPECIALLY FOR THE LARGER BOOKS. WE ALSO ADD A THICK MULL CLOTH TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BINDING, DRYING IN BETWEEN EACH LAYER, A TRADITIONAL WAY TO MAKE THE BINDING STIFF, STRONG, AND RESILIENT FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
