Psalter Leaf: Adoration of Magi and Baptism of Christ, between late 12th and early 13th century

  • German

Ink, pigment and gold leaf on parchment

  • Image (irregular): 6 3/4 × 4 inches (17.1 × 10.2 cm) Sheet (irregular): 8 × 4 3/4 inches (20.3 × 12.1 cm)

Gift of Julius Böhler

24.74.A

Inscribed, in pencil, left edge [illegible modern inscription] Inscribed,in ink, above upper center [illegible medieval labeling inscription]

(Julius Böhler, Munich, Germany)

1924-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 3 (1924): p. 27. DeRicci,S. and Wilson, W.J. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, 1937, vol. 2, p. 1133.

German, Psalter Leaf: Adoration of Magi and Baptism of Christ, between late 12th and early 13th century, ink, pigment and gold leaf on parchment. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Julius Böhler, 24.74.A.