Initial B cutting from Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum (Explanation of the Psalms)
Title
Initial B cutting from Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum (Explanation of the Psalms)
Description
This large, decorated initial B is a fragment cut from the beginning of a twelfth-century copy of Cassiodorus’s book on the Psalms, the Expositio psalmorum. Text on the reverse side of the cutting is identifiable as the preface of Cassiodorus’s work. Here, the large letter B begins the short excerpt from Psalm 1, “Beatus vir..”
Date
ca. 1150
Format
Manuscript cutting on parchment
Identifier
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 16:11
Coverage
France (?)
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Citation
“Initial B cutting from Cassiodorus, Expositio psalmorum (Explanation of the Psalms),” Making the Renaissance Manuscript, accessed May 2, 2024, http://makingrenmanuscripts.exhibits.library.upenn.edu/items/show/11.
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