YALE UNIVERSITY
BEINECKE RARE BOOK AND
MANUSCRIPT LIBRARY
GENERAL COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS AND
MANUSCRIPTS
MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS
Beinecke MS 1190
[Germany?], [1500-1599?]
Illuminated initial (fragment).
In Latin.
1 l. : parchment ; 470 x 360 mm. (in mat)
- This material is open for research.
- Manuscript fragment, on parchment, containing large historiated initial and the text
of the opening of Psalm 53 (recto).
- Source unknown.
- Decoration: large historiated initial "D" containing kneeling figure of King David.
Gilt frame with elaborate floral motif.
- In modern mat and frame.
- Illuminated Initial (Fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University.
Subjects:
- Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval.
- Manuscripts, Medieval -- Connecticut -- New Haven.
- Manuscripts, Medieval -- Germany -- 16th century.
- Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library.