Illuminated initial B, beginning Psalm 1 (“Beatus vir”). Folio 30v from the Leiden St.
Illuminated initial B, beginning Psalm 1 (“Beatus vir”). Folio 30v from the Leiden St. Louis Psalter, originally produced for Geoffrey Plantagenet, Archbishop of York, ca. 1190-1200, and later owned by King Louis IX of France (St. Louis). Now in the Library of Leiden University, Netherlands. -- source link
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