Psalter-Hours of Bernat Martorell

MS C6-A398 Arxiu Històric de la Ciutat de Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain)

Saltiri Liturgic i Devocionari Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

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Psalter-Hours of Bernat Martorell

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Alternative Titles: Saltiri Liturgic i Devocionari
Psalter-Stundenbuch von Bernat Martorell
Book of Hours of Bernat Martorell
Stundenbuch von Bernat Martorell
Liturgical and Devotional Psalter
Type: Manuscript on parchment
Size / Format: 452 pages / 19.7 × 13.0 cm
Origin: Spain
Date: Ca. 1430–1435
Epochs: Late Middle Ages Onwards
Style: Gothic
Genre: Private Devotion Books
Language: Catalan
Latin
Script: Gothic Textura
Illustrations: 3 full-page miniatures, 8 historiated initials, and hundreds of pen-flourish initials
Content: Calendar, biblical psalms, Old and New Testament canticles, prayers, litany, Hours of the Virgin, Office of the Dead, prayers, Passion narratives, Gospel sequences, Matins invitatories, indices
Artist / School: Bernat Martorell (illuminator)
Previous Owners: Josep Mestres i Gramatxes
Apeles Mestres

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#1 Saltiri Liturgic i Devocionari

Limited Edition: 389 copies

Binding: Red and green leather binding with decorative gold tooling and two clasps. The facsimile comes together with the two commentary volumes, which contain the transcription and translation, in a luxurious wooden box with a metal grille inlaid into the lid and matching clasp.

Commentary: 3 volumes by Anna Gudayol, Gabriel Seguí i Trobat, Sebastià Riera i Viader, Manuel Rovira i Solà, Rafael Cornudella and Guadaira Macías
Language: Catalan

Features a transcription and translation of the original text.

1 volume: Exact reproduction of the original document (extent, color and size) Reproduction of the entire original document as detailed as possible (scope, format, colors). The binding may not correspond to the original or current document binding.

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