A Psalter from the Diocese of York

Medieval

British Library

1290 - 1300

The volume is the first portion of a manuscript which once included the Dyson Perrins York Hours. The calendar is for the Diocese of York, including various saints and days held in reverence in the diocese. The original owners on the Beatus page.

• Medium: gold & colour on vellum
• Dimensions: 17 x 11 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £20000 ( Total: £80,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1990
• Vendor: Clark Stillman

Provenance

Downes family, 16th century; John Dougharty, c.1760; E & P Dorell, 1838; Unidentified religious house; Sold Christie's, New York, 1972.

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