Paris Psalter - Wikipedia
The Paris Psalter (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. gr. 139) is a Byzantine illuminated manuscript, 38 x 26.5 cm in size, containing 449 folios and 14 full-page miniatures.
The Paris Psalter at the Bibliothèque Nationale - The Byzantine …
The Paris Psalter has become an important work in the history of Byzantine art mainly because of its splendid full-page illustrations and its unusually classical-looking compositions.
The Paris Psalter, the Most Famous Illuminated Byzantine Codex
Dec 15, 2024 · Produced in Constantinople in the second half of the tenth century, the Paris Psalter (BnF Ms. gr. 139), is the most famous illuminated Byzantine codex. It is unique among the seventy-five illuminated Byzantine psalters that survived for its large size, for the quality of script and text decoration, and for its fourteen magnificent full-page ...
The Paris Psalter - Smarthistory
Why would a Biblical king surround himself with pagans? The Paris Psalter embodies a complex mixture of the classical pagan past and the medieval Christian present—all brought together to communicate a political message by the Byzantine emperor.
Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 8846 | EM1060: The Production …
A Psalter, datable perhaps to 1180-1190, with Latin marginal and interlinear glosses to the Gallicanum from the Latin Glossa Ordinaria; a continuous Anglo-Norman gloss to the Hebraicum, and a few Old English glosses to the Romanum.
Moses receiving the law (Bibliothèque nationale de France): Art in …
Moses receiving the law, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55131 [retrieved December 30, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_psaulter_gr139_fol422v.jpg. Record Number:
Paris Psalter - THE STORY OF THE BIBLE
The Paris Psalter is a luxurious imperial codex of the Psalms created in the tenth century. It is 10-1/2” x 14-1/2” with 449 folios (898 pages) and is thought to have been created at the request of Constantine VII Porphyrogennetos, an emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
The Paris Psalter – Smarthistory Guide to Byzantine Art
The Paris Psalter embodies a complex mixture of the classical pagan past and the medieval Christian present—all brought together to communicate a political message by the Byzantine emperor.
The Paris Psalter: A masterpiece from the Macedonian Renaissance
Nov 8, 2024 · Discover the Paris Psalter, a 10th-century illuminated Byzantine manuscript blending biblical themes with classical artistry.
The Paris Psalter - New Liturgical Movement
Feb 4, 2017 · The first of these is the Canticle of Moses in Exodus, chapter 15, 1-19, at the crossing of the Red Sea. The upper register shows the personifications of Night and of the Desert, out of which Moses leads the Israelites as he strikes the water with his …