An astonishingly beautiful manuscript of the Book of Psalms, in
French, richly bound in crimson velvet decorated with silver-thread
embroidery and pearls. Essential to the attractiveness of this
manuscript is its calligraphy, with Esther Inglis demonstrating her
ability both to construct a script which appears as constant as
anything print can offer and to move from one script to another.
There are about seventeen different scripts present in this volume,
in two to four different sizes. This manuscript was produced by
Esther Inglis in Edinburgh for presentation to Elizabeth, queen of
England.
For detailed descriptions, please see
www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/digital-library.
