The Psalter


XIV century, Novgorod.

Parchment (334 sheets). 29 X 22 cm.

Unical. Frontispiece, headpieces and initials are in colour. The binding of wooden boards is covered with spamped ornamented leather.

The Saltykov - Shchedrin Public Library, St. Petersburg.


Frontispiece with conventional depiction of a church - gate, headpiece, initial V and text. Sheet 169, verso, and 170 (spread).

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