Leaf from a Psalter, with line-drawn fish as a line-filler, in Latin

Leaf from a Psalter, with line-drawn fish as a line-filler, in Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [France or adjacent Low Countries, second half of the thirteenth century], single leaf, with text in single column of 22 lines of a good and angular early gothic bookhand, one-line initials in blue or gold with red or dark blue penwork, line-fillers in same penwork in geometric panels and sprays of simple foliage with occasional gold bezants or small rectangles, as well as a charming blue fish, two 2-line initials in gold on blue and dark pink grounds, the leaf recovered from reuse in a later binding and hence with folds, stains, cutaway sections from edges of margins (these infilled with modern vellum), overall fair and presentable condition, 272 x 190mm.; in card mount

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