The Breslau Psalter
Physical Description
Description and Contents
Parchment, i modern parchment flyleaf + 147 fols. + i paper flyleaf + i modern parchment flyleaf, 326 x 227 mm (203 x 132 mm), 23 long lines, ruled in brown ink. The text is written in iron-gall ink.
Small miniature with David praying and beasts in border (Psalm 70)
The three beasts in the lower border, including one playing the harp, are representative of the numerous images that pepper the borders of the Breslau Psalter. Unlike the Psalm initials and miniatures, they were intended to delight and amuse.