Bidspirit auction | Latin Psalter, 1488

Latin Psalter, 1488 - Latin Weekday Psalter, preceded by the calendar and followed by chants, litanies, hymns and the Office of the Dead . Made in VENICE or PADUA, circa 1488. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 153 leaves, 140 x 100 mm., Gothic book script in red and black on two columns of 25 lines, with red and blue initials. Adorned with 42 illuminated initials in burnished gold and colors . On f. 8 recto, rich illuminated border in the Ferrarese Renaissance style, including a large historiated initial B (David playing the lyre); other small figures in medallions and the noble coat of arms, now illegible, of the patron (probably Beatrice, Countess of Saxony). Measurements mm. 140 x 100, 16th century binding in full brown leather with dry-stamping, floral iron frame and central medallion with the figure of a saint, traces of clasps. Colophon: ”Explicit liber scriptus manu dopni francisci de Urbana Monachus camaldulensis ordinis . Anno M.cccc.lxxxviii die xxix Mensis Nonembris”.