psalter

Examples of psalter in the following topics:

• Romanesque Illustrated Books

  • Alban's Psalter, Hunterian Psalter, Winchester Bible (the "Morgan Leaf"), Fécamp Bible, Stavelot Bible, and Parc Abbey Bible.
  • Alban's Psalter, also known as the Albani Psalter or the Psalter of Christina of Markyate, is an English illuminated manuscript and one of several psalters known to have been created at or for St Alban's Abbey in the 12th century.
  • Also known as the York Psalter, the Hunterian Psalter is an illuminated manuscript of the 12th century.
  • Alban's Psalter is widely considered to be one of the most important examples of English Romanesque book production.
  • Identify the most well-known examples of illuminated bibles and psalters during the Romanesque period.

• Objects of Worship in the Middle Byzantine Empire

  • Personal objects (psalters and triptychs), reliquaries, and icons were popular objects of worship during the Middle Byzantine period.
  • Like triptychs, psalters were small, private objects used for private devotion and worship.
  • A psalter is a book containing the Book of Psalms and other liturgical material such as calendars.
  • The surviving psalters contain many fine examples of painting styles and techniques from the Middle Byzantine period.
  • While the figures appear modeled and are reminiscent of classical art, the psalter has a Byzantine style to it.

• Carolingian Illustrated Books in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The Utrecht Psalter stands alone as a very heavily illustrated library version of the Psalms, done in pen and wash, and almost certainly copied from a much earlier manuscript.
  • Commentators have noted the similarity between the Utrecht Psalter and the Ebbo Gospels.
  • The evangelist portrait of Matthew in the Ebbo Gospels is similar to the illustration of the psalmist in the first psalm of the Utrecht Psalter.
  • Other books associated with the Rheims school include the Utrecht Psalter and the Bern Physiologus (825-850), the earliest Latin edition of the Christian allegorical text on animals.
  • From the Utrecht Psalter, ninth century.

• Norman Painting

  • The typical foci of Romanesque illuminations were the Bible and the Psalter.
  • Each book of the Bible was prefaced by a large historiated initial; major initials were similarly illuminated in the Psalter.
  • Albans Psalter, Norman English, 12th century.
  • The typical foci of Romanesque illumination, such as this one pictured, were the Bible and the Psalter.

• Icons and Iconoclasm

• Illuminated Manuscripts

  • Many Psalters were also heavily illuminated in both the Romanesque and the Gothic periods.

• Late Byzantine Art

  • A renewed interest in landscape and earthly settings arose in mosaics, frescoes, and psalters.

• Romanesque Art

  • In illuminated manuscripts, where the most lavishly decorated manuscripts of the period included bibles or psalters, more originality could be seen, as new scenes needed to be depicted.

• Ottonian Illustrated Books in the Early European Middle Ages

  • The most richly illuminated manuscripts were used for display and most likely to be liturgical books, including psalters, gospel books, and huge illuminated complete Bibles.