Binding from Cologne Psalter-Hours

Description Provenance Credit

Description Binding is non-original. Sixteenth- or seventeenth-century boards (possibly beech) re-covered in the nineteenth century with now worn red velvet, probably by Gruel; eighteenth- or nineteenth-century clasps, crudely reattached.

Provenance Made for Franciscan community, Cologne [Calendar and litany contain numerous Franciscan saints, including the Translation of St. Francis, St. Anthony of Padua, St. Clara, and the Birth of St. Francis]; Germany [rubric on fol. 257r in German]; Leon Gruel, Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [no. 1128, Gruel bookplate inside upper board]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, before 1931 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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Creator

German (Artist)

Period

late 13th century (Medieval)

Medium

16th or 17th century boards (possibly beech) re-covered in the nineteenth century with now worn red velvet, probably by Gruel; 18th or 19th century clasps
(Manuscripts & Rare Books)

Accession Number

W.41.binding

Measurements

H: 4 5/16 x W: 3 1/16 in. (10.9 x 7.7 cm)

Geographies

Germany, Cologne (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View

Cologne Psalter-Hours	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41	Accession
book, oldbook	Tags

Initial S with Pentecost	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.331R	Accession

Initial D with Bosom of Abraham	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.295R	Accession

Initial D with Deposition	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.285R	Accession

Initial D with Virgin and Child enthroned	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.257R	Accession

Initial C with Noli me tangere	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.226V	Accession

Initial D with Christ enthroned blessing	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.178R	Accession

Initial D with David pointing to the mouth below the face of God	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.156V	Accession

Initial C with two clerics singing	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.153V	Accession

Initial E with David playing bells	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.131R	Accession

Labor for November: man carrying dead hog on his back	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.7R	Accession

Labor for January: hooded man feasting, stoking fire	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.2R	Accession

Initial S with Christ blessing and David in the sea	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.105V	Accession

Initial D with a fool below the face of God	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.85V	Accession

Initial Q with a seated king holding a sword and orb	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.84V	Accession

Initial D with a pilgrim below the face of God	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.65V	Accession

Initial D with David pointing to his eyes below the face of God	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.43V	Accession

Initial B with Ascension and Pentecost	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.10V	Accession

Crucifixion	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.9V	Accession

Annunciation	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.8V	Accession

Labor for December: man butchering hog	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.7V	Accession

Labor for October: sower	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.6V	Accession

Labor for September: man trampling grapes in tub	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.6R	Accession

Labor for August: man with sickle	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.5V	Accession

Labor for July: man with scythe	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.5R	Accession

Labor for June: young man picking flowers	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.4V	Accession

Labor for May: falconer	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.4R	Accession

Labor for April: man with flowering branches	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.3V	Accession

Labor for March: man hoeing	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.3R	Accession

Labor for February: man pruning vines	Title
late 13th century (Medieval)	Period
W.41.2V	Accession