Image
© Hildesheim, St Godehard |
| Psalm: |
2 |
| Iconography: |
Soldiers,
armed with spears and shields confront Christ. Why have the nations
raged. Christ strikes back with an iron rod.
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| Art: |
On
this page the initial was drawn first and then the script was wrapped
around it. Notice the break in the text at the top of Q and the awkward
compression down the side. Paint was applied after the script: the
last two lines are overlapped by paint. The gilding is rough and hasty.
The rubric was written at a different time from the rest of the quire
as a thicker nib and larger letters were used. Pp73-74, 91-92 form
the outer bifolio of quire 6 and, as observed by Peter Kidd, are written
by a different hand to the rest of the psalter, namely Scribe 6.
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| Thread
stitch: |
y.
Thread holes are in three clusters on bottom left of page, to cover
this initial, not the display letters on p73
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| Historical
Relevance: |
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| Quire: |
Verso
of 1st bifolio of quire 6, added later.
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