This photo provides a close-up of a few of the fish and some of the illumination work in this circa thirteenth-century leaf from the “Laughing Carp” psalter broken and distributed by Otto Ege. This is the oldest item in my collection.
This gorgeous thirteenth-century leaf was once part of a “Laughing Carp” psalter, named for the charming line fillers drawn as fish with various expressions. This manuscript was broken by biblioclast Otto Ege and was included in his Fifty…