From the September issue of Magnificat :
The miniature is part of a manuscript, a psalter/hymnal destined for the liturgical use of monks, which dates back to the 1040s and belonged to the monastery of Saint-Germain-des-Prés before its acquisition in 1795 by the National Library of France.
Acquisition . Hmmm, I think I remember a few other objects acquired by the French government in the 1790s. Notre Dame de Chartres, de Paris, de Beauvais, d’Amiens, St. Denis, La Sainte Chapelle, Autun, Vézelay, Cluny, every other church in France. Boy it sure was a good time to be acquiring things.
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