Psalms 24 & 25 from a 15th Century Psal

Psalms 24 & 25 from a 15th Century Psalter

I will wash my hands among the innocent

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Psalms 24 & 25 from a 15th century French Psalter. 15 lines of text on each side written in a fine batarde hand in brown-black ink with red rubrics on vellum. 1 large initial "I" opens psalm 25 painted in gold on a red and blue background with a gold leaf design extending from the initial. Additional 11 single line initials in alternating gold and red and blue. Lovely black and red penwork extends from several initials. Tiny pinprick size hole resulting from natural imperfections to the vellum A lovely leaf!

Size: 100 x 72 mm (approx 4.0 x 2.9 inches)

$210 #IMC5309

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The text in Latin from Psalm 24:

Tribulationes cordis mei multiplicatae sunt de necessitatibus meis erue me. Vide humilitatem meam et laborem meum et dimitte universa delicta mea. Respice inimicos meos quoniam multiplicati sunt et odio iniquo oderunt me. Custodi animam meam et erue me non erubescam quoniam speravi in te. Innocentes et recti adheserunt mihi quia sustinui te. Libera Deus Israel ex omnibus tribulationibus suis.

The troubles of my heart are multiplied: deliver me from my necessities. See my abjection and my labour; and forgive me all my sins. Consider my enemies for they are multiplied, and have hated me with an unjust hatred. Keep thou my soul, and deliver me: I shall not be ashamed, for I have hoped in thee. The innocent and the upright have adhered to me: because I have waited on thee. Deliver Israel, O God, from all his tribulations. (English translation)

The text in Latin from Psalm 25 (beginning with the 2-line initial "I"):

Iudica me Domine quoniam ego in innocentia mea ingressus sum et in Domino sperans non infirmabor. Proba me Domine et tempta me ure renes meos et cor meum. Quoniam misericordia tua ante oculos meos est et conplacui in veritate tua. Non sedi cum concilio vanitatis et cum iniqua gerentibus non introibo. Odivi ecclesiam malignantium et cum impiis non sedebo. Lavabo inter innocentes manus meas et circumdabo altare tuum Domine.

Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened. Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart. For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth. I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things. I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit. I will wash my hands among the innocent (English translation)

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