English: The figure of a woman swinging diagonally over the page forms the tail of the letter Q that begins Psalm 51 (in the counting of the Vulgata, today: Psalm 52) Quid gloriaris in malicia qui potens es in iniquitate (Why do you boast of malice..); a name, Claricia, is inscribed above her head.
Made for a nunnery (?) in southern Germany, probably Saints Ulrich and Afra in Augsburg [Ulrich and Afra mentioned in calendar, and are probably depicted on fol. 131v]
[13th-14th-century charter (now fol. 189r) refers to "Stephanus...Sancti Eusebii presbiter...dilecte Richardo vecturi prochialis vcche in guewibeke", ends with reference to "dominus pontifex libinus pb anno septimo"]
Bénigne-Charles Févret de Saint-Mémin (1770-1852) [bookplate on front pastedown, now removed] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
Zeisberg Sale, Wernigerode, October 10, 1854, no. 37
Price Stolberg-Wernigerode, 1854, by purchase [no. Za51 (on spine)]
G. Schar ["G. Schar 20" on fol. 1r] [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
Gruel [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]
Illuminated Manuscripts: Masterpieces in Miniature. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984-1985. Schatzkammer: Henry Walters' German Manuscripts. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2006.
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