Celtic Illuminated Manuscripts:Book of Kells
Book of Armagh
Book of Cerne
Book of Deer
Book of Dimma
Book of Durrow
Book of Mulling
Cathach of St. Columba
Durham Gospels
Hereford Gospels
Lichfield Gospels
Lindisfarne Gospels
Romanesque / Protogothic manuscripts:
Martyrdoms of St. Peter & Paul (MS 28)
Passionale (MS Harley 624)
| Gallican Psalter (MS Stowe 2)Library or archive where the manuscript kept London, British LibraryCatalogue Number (Shelfmark) MS Stowe 2Language Latin, EnglishScript Caroline minuscule | Century XIOrigin EnglandOfficial Foliation 180Dimensions 280 x 180 |
Psalter, in the Gallican version, and canticles (ff. 168v-180v) with continuous English glosses, created
2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century in England.
Decoration: 3 large decorated initials in colours with foliate and/or interlace decoration and animal heads, a dragon, and/or animal masks at the beginning of Psalms 1, 51, and 101 (ff. 1, 56, 111v). Large initials in blue, green, purple, or red (some of the red oxidised), and a few with simple penwork decoration. Added marginal drawings in ink of dogs, a deer, a snail or a hand (ff. 87v, 90v, 95v, 96, 168v). Gallican Psalter (MS Stowe 2) IllustrationsIllustration 1  | Page (Folio): 1 Decorated initial letter B with foliated and interlace decoration, animal heads and an animal mask | Vector Clipart |
Illustration 2  | Page (Folio): 56 Decorated initial letter Q with a dragon and animal head | Vector Clipart |
Illustration 3  | Page (Folio): 111v Decorated initial letter D with interlace and animal heads | Vector Clipart |
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