Psalter
Medieval Manuscripts
Item Info
Item No: mca1850220
Additional Title: Psalter
Script:
Gothic bookhand
NickName: Lewis Psalter
Language: Latin
Folio Number: ff. 22v-23r
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Opening with four scenes from the Last Judgment: Christ in Majesty with the Instruments of his Passion and flanked by the Virgin Mary and Bernard of Clairvaux, the Resurrection of the Dead, the Blessed entering Heaven, and the Damned entering Hell
Notes: The miniatures in this opening are part of a cycle of twenty-four full-page miniatures depicting forty-eight scenes from the life of Christ. The cycle forms a pictorial preface to the text of the Psalms.
Notes: This manuscript has been dated to ca. 1225-1240.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1466054
Country: Country:France
City/Town/Township:Paris
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1250
Image Dimensions Width: 230 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 185
Subjects
- Jesus Christ (Biblical figure)
- Musical instruments
- Trumpets
- Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
- Psalters
- Judgment Day - Resurrection of dead
- Judgment Day - Damned entering hell
- Judgment Day - Blessed entering heaven
- Judgment Day
- Instruments of the Passion
- Bernard, of Clairvaux, Saint, 1090 or 91-1153
- John, the Baptist, Saint
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