The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle Facsimile and Commentary [Numbered Limited Edition First Edition Thus Clamshell Box]

Kristine E Haney, ( Commentary )

Published by London: The Folio Society., 2015

About this Item

London: The Folio Society, 2015, First Edition Thus, Numbered Limited Edition. First Edition thus, facsimile of folios 1-39 of Cotton MS Nero C. IV at the British Library, London. Leather bound volume with gilt and black decoration. The contents are reprographics by Dot Gradations, Wickford, Essex. The book has been printed on Biberist Furioso coated paper and bound in Indian goatskin leather with Freelife Merida endpapers by Gorensjski tisk storitve, Kranj, Slovenia. It is blocked with a design by Joe McLaren based on details from the miniatures. Numbered Limited EDITION LIMITED TO 980 COPIES for sale of which this is number 71. The Winchester Psalter is an English 12th-century illuminated manuscript psalter (British Library, Cotton MS Nero C.iv), also sometimes known as the Psalter of Henry of Blois, and formerly known as the St Swithun's Psalter. It was probably made for use in Winchester, most scholars agreeing that the most likely patron was the Henry of Blois, brother of Stephen, King of England, and Bishop of Winchester from 1129 until his death in 1171. Until recent decades it was "a little-studied masterpiece of English Romanesque painting", but it has been the subject of several recent studies. The manuscript has 142 vellum leaves of 32 x 22.25 cm, which after a fire in 1731 have been cut and mounted individually and rebound. This is the Folio Society tribute. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 14 inches tall (Solander Box). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition. Joints very good condition. Corners very good condition. Boards very good condition. Page edges very good condition. Solander box very good condition. See above and photos. Internally Hinges very good condition. Paste downs very good condition. End papers very good condition. Title very good condition. Pages very good condition. Binding very good condition. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 2015 Binding: Hardback. Seller Inventory # ABE-1697130242013

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle ...

Publisher: London: The Folio Society.

Publication Date: 2015

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good