. Art treasures of the Lambeth library. A description of the illuminated mauscripts, etc;. the ufual angular Gothicbracket, chiefly fpringing from, and forming the termina-tion of the initial letters (of the fmaller of which there isa great profufion), and in mofl: cafes furrounding thepage. In fome of the letters, heads of human beings andgrotefque animals are drawn ; and around the largeilluftrations are fet drolleries, animals, birds, figuresplaying upon mufical infliruments &c., which are intro-duced in endlefs form and variety. In addition to thefeornaments, the terminations of the verfes
. Art treasures of the Lambeth library. A description of the illuminated mauscripts, etc;. the ufual angular Gothicbracket, chiefly fpringing from, and forming the termina-tion of the initial letters (of the fmaller of which there isa great profufion), and in mofl: cafes furrounding thepage. In fome of the letters, heads of human beings andgrotefque animals are drawn ; and around the largeilluftrations are fet drolleries, animals, birds, figuresplaying upon mufical infliruments &c., which are intro-duced in endlefs form and variety. In addition to thefeornaments, the terminations of the verfes are prolongedby bands, or ftrips of gold and filver, covered with zig-zag, fcroll, mofaic, or other patterns, with the occafionalintrodudion of a chafe or combat with animals. Prefixed is the Calendar, written in a fimilar characterto the reft of the MS. fet in brackets as before de-fcribed, the entries being in letters of blue and circles of burnifhed gold are painted the ZodiacalSigns and Seafons, the latter illuftrating mediaeval occupa-tions and coftume. a^~l. O Pfalter. ^j The large illuminations with their fubjedls, are asfollows : Our Lord in Majefty, reprefented within a quatrefoil,the right hand is uplifted in benedidion, whilft the leftrefts upon the fymbolic globe ; within the four cornersare the Evangeliftic emblems. Fo. i/i^b. The letter B forming the beginning of the wordBeatus. Subjedl: The genealogical defign known asthe Jefle tree, containing fourteen medallion pidlures ;thofe forming the ftem of the tree arifing from the keep-ing figure of the Patriarch are the Crucifixion, Virginand Child, and God as the Creator; others illuftratefcenes from the Law and the Prophets. The wholedefign was a favourite fubjedl with mediaeval illuminators,and is often found on fliained glafs. Fo. 15. Samuel anointing David ( Dominus illuminatiomea.) Letter D. Fo. 44. David kneeling in fupplication before Chrift (?) ( Dixicufliodiam vias meas ut non delinquam.) Le
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