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The Utrecht Psalter (Utrecht, Universiteitsbibliotheek, MS Bibl. Rhenotraiectinae I Nr 32.) is a ninth-century illuminated psalter which is a key masterpiece of Carolingian art; it is probably the most valuable manuscript in the Netherlands. It is famous for its 166 lively pen illustrations, with one accompanying each psalm and the other texts ...
Carolingian Psalter (facsimile) Folio 15b of the Utrecht Psalter illustrates Psalm 27 A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints.
Anglo-Saxon lyre. The Anglo-Saxon lyre, also known as the Germanic lyre, a Rotta, or the Viking lyre, is a large plucked and strummed lyre that was played in Anglo-Saxon England, and more widely, in Germanic regions of northwestern Europe. The oldest lyre found in England dates before 450 AD and the most recent dates to the 10th century.
The Harley Psalter (British Library Harley MS 603) is an illuminated manuscript of the second and third decades of the 11th century, with some later additions. It is a Latin psalter on vellum, measures 380 x 310 mm and was probably produced at Christ Church, Canterbury. The most likely patron of such a costly work would have been the Archbishop ...
The popularity of the Utrecht and Stuttgart Psalters by the twelfth century likewise suggest their influence on the illustration program. [17] Although they were removed (as models of models), the Hamilton Psalter shares similar organizations of its miniatures through depictions of linear narratives within Christological, Davidic, and literal ...
The Utrecht Psalter was penned between 816–835 AD. [17] While Pictish Triangular Chordophone carvings found on the Nigg Stone dates from 790–799 AD. [18] and pre-dates the document by up to thirty-five to forty years. Other Pictish sculptures predate the Utrecht Psalter, namely the harper on the Dupplin Cross c. 800 AD.
Although, the Utrecht Psalter is the most famous example made in the same Reims school. [2] The Utrecht Psalters style possibly influenced Carolingian art with its rapid strokes, was an influence for classical art, and the course of medieval art. Historians have noted the similarity between the Utrecht Psalter and the Ebbo Gospels.
From the Utrecht Psalter, 9th-century Naturalistic and energetic figurine line drawings were entirely new, and were to become the most influential innovation of Carolinian art in later periods. The diocese of Metz was another center of Carolingian art. Between 850 and 855 a sacramentary was made for Bishop Drogo called the Drogo Sacramentary ...