National Digital Library Polona
Par jean luc deuffic le samedi 22 septembre 2007, 08:24 - Manuscrits numérisés - Lien permanent
National Digital Library Polona presents the most
interesting manuscripts from the collection of the national Library :
Copyright ® 2006 Biblioteka
Narodowa
Psalterium. Latin, French. 13th century. Parchment. Ilum. 15,5 x 10,5 cm.
K. 170 + VI. 19th century velvet binding. Rps BN I 8003
Psałterz wilanowski, called also Psałterz Potockich is a 13th century
hand-written psalter. Thanks to its excellent painting technique, perfect
drawings and conscientious execution of full-page miniatures, is regarded as
one of the best works of Paris studios in the early Gothic period. It is
ornamented with 4 fullpage miniatures, six figurative initials (which, in
keeping with the principle adopted for this kind of psalter, mark the beginning
of psalms), small calligraphic initials and colourful interlines. The Psalter,
probably purchased in Paris at the beginning of the 19th century for Stanisław
Kostka Potocki’s Wilanów Library, was transferred in 1932 to the National
Library together with the Wilanów collections. In 1939 it was evacuated to
Canada, whence it returned twenty years later.
List of manuscripts [Link]