A Leaf of the Baptism of Christ and its Place in Thirteenth-Century Bavarian Psalter Illumination

摘要

ASTRIKING SINGLE LEAF IN HOUGHTON LIBRARY (MS Typ 997) shows on its recto the Baptism of Christ and on its verso a full-page initial B for the opening of Psalm 1 (Beatus vir). Illuminated in southeastern Germany in the second quarter of the thirteenth century, the leaf measures 17 x 13 cm., the miniatures measure 152 x 104 mm. (Baptism), and 155 x 113 mm. (initial B). Sold at auction in Munich in 1912 to Edgar Huidekoper Wells (1875-1938), it was acquired by George J. Dyer for the Fogg Art Museum (1927.21) before being transferred to Houghton Library in 1990.~1