Image
Belgian French Flemish
Manuscript Page from a Flemish Psalter, ca. 1500
Description
Maker
Culture
Title
Manuscript Page from a Flemish Psalter
Year
ca. 1500
Medium
Ink on vellum
Materials/Techniques
Materials
Dimensions
17.8 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 inches)
Type
Credit
Museum Works of Art Fund
Object Number
43.449
About
These three texts, written in different scripts and alphabets, provide a glimpse into the variety of writing cultures in the early modern Christian world. The leaves at left are written in Latin, one in a tiny but legible Humanist script predominantly used in Italy, the other in a neat blackletter (Gothic) script typical of northern Europe. The leaf at right is written in Syriac, a dialect of Aramaic used in Christian communities in the Middle East. This text is an example of Nestorian script, named after Nestorius, founder of the Christian Church of the East, which flourished in Assyria, Persia, and Asia. [see also 43.458, 43.440]
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