Mainz Psalter

 MAINZ PSALTER 

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Back to my series on psalters. This is an early printed book. Yes PRINTED the Archbishop who commissioned this paid the printers to add color using woodblocks over the printed black letters. From what I've read there was only one print run and the various copies were distributed to the main cathedral and various nearby churches and  monasteries within his diocese. It was not a trend picked up on because of the expense. 

Note the font type. These were intended to be used not just displayed.