Russisch: Het Kiev Psalter, 1397 Kiev Psalter of 1397 is one of the most famous East Slavic illuminated manuscripts. Created in 1397 by the Kievan scribe Spiridon, it passed through the hands of numerous Lithuanian nobles before being sold to the Russian Count Sergey Sheremetev in the mid-19th century. Courtesy of the count, its first […]

Oud-Engels: Eadwine Psalter, c. 1150 The Eadwine Psalter was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury, around the middle of the twelth century; it is one of several Anglo-Saxon and early Norman books that show the influence of the Carolingian Utrecht Psalter, which was in Canterbury at this time. The psalter is named for the monk Eadwine […]

Byzantijns: Melisende Psalter, c 1139 The Melisende Psalter (London, British Library, MS Egerton 1139) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned around 1135 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably by King Fulk for his wife Queen Melisende. It is the most notable example Crusader art, which resulted from a merging of the artistic styles of Roman […]