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Psalm 7
from a French Book of Hours illuminated on both
sides in the late fifteenth century. 15 lines of
text on each side written in Latin with black ink in gothic script on
vellum. 10
embossed
illuminated single-line ornate initials in burnished gold, red, and blue
with white tracery (5 initials on each side) & 5 line fillers in burnished gold, red, and blue
with white tracery. A bright, clean
leaf in fine condition.
Size: 128 x 94 mm (approx 5.0 x 3.6 inches); justification: 85 x 56 mm.
SOLD
# IMC5196
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Text in Latin (bold faced letters indicate illuminated initials)
Consumetur nequitia peccatorum, et
diriges justum, scrutans corda et renes, Deus. Justum
adjutorium meum a Domino, qui salvos facit rectos corde.
Deus judex justus, fortis, et patiens; numquid
irascitur per singulos dies? Nisi
conversi fueritis, gladium suum vibrabit; arcum suum tetendit, et
paravit illum. Et in eo paravit vasa
mortis,
sagittas suas ardentibus effecit. Ecce
parturiit injustitiam; concepit dolorem, et peperit iniquitatem.
Lacum aperuit, et effodit eum; et incidit in
foveam quam fecit. Convertetur dolor
ejus in caput ejus, et in verticem ipsius iniquitas ejus descendet.
Confitebor Domino secundum justitiam
ejus, et psallam nomini Domini altissimi.
The wickedness of the ungodly shall be brought to nought, and thou
shalt guide the just, for God is the searcher of the hearts and reins.
My help is just that cometh of the Lord, who saveth them that are true
of heart. God is a righteous Judge, strong, and patient; and shall
he be provoked every day? If a man will not turn, he will whet his
sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. He hath prepared
for him the instruments of death; he hath ordained his arrows against
them that burn. Behold, he travaileth with injustice; he hath
conceived sorrow, and brought forth ungodliness. He hath graven
and digged up a pit, and is fallen himself into the hole that he hath
made. For his sorrow shall come upon his own head, and his
wickedness shall fall on his own pate. (English translation). |
