Illuminated Ds from Lincoln Cathedral manuscript MS174 by Toni Watts
  • Toni Watts
  • Illuminated Ds from Lincoln Cathedral manuscript MS174
  • 24 carat gold leaf and traditional pigments
  • 12 x 13 cm
  • Framed: 34.5 x 32.5 cm
  • Sold
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This pair of Ds is found in a twelfth century manuscript, a Psalter with ‘gloss’ or commentary. The D of the text has David, seated, crowned and playing the harp. The D of the gloss has a man with what is reported to be a fiddle.

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