Romanesque Psalter.- Bifolium from a Romanesque Psalter, decorated manuscript on parchment, in Latin, two leaves, text block: 220x150mm., single column, 26 lines, written in a rounded early gothic hand, paragraph marks like right-angles in red, line-fillers of thick red lines, first capitals set out in red, four larger initials painted in red, scuffed and cockled especially to lower margins, some tears and loss to outer lower corner of first leaf, but not affecting text, small slits in first leaf, traces of old tape repairs, each leaf 270 x 186 mm., Spain or southern France, twelfth century.

⁂ The handwriting and decorative style indicate that the original manuscript is likely to have been produced in Spain or a nearby region such as southern France. Only a few Romanesque manuscripts from this area have survived, thus increasing the importance of the bifolium offered here.