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Decorated Incipit Page

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Date: about 1240–1250
Medium: Tempera colors, gold leaf, and silver leaf
Culture: German
Department: Manuscripts
Institution: Getty Museum

Gold capital letters laid out in an exquisitely balanced geometric grid continue the text of Psalm 1, which began with the large initial *B* on the page facing this one. The letters, set against colored grounds of mauve and blue, read: *[B]eatus vir qui no[n] abiit in co[n]si[lio impiorum]* (Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly).

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