The St. Albans Psalter: Painting and Prayer in Medieval England

Magnificent This book is a wonderful experience, about the best one can do to recreate the glory of an illuminated manuscript at an affordable price.. "Five Stars" according to Lisa. A good book about Medieval Manuscripts, good illustrations!. A very nice little volume. Leslie W This is a beautiful volume and a wonderful addition to any medieval manuscript book library. The images are lovely, great color. A great learning tool for artists and calligraphers.

The St. It was probably created between 1120 and 1140 at St. Albans Psalter includes more than 40 fullpage illuminations and over 200 historiated initials. Paul Getty Museum, where scholars, conservators, and scientists conducted a close examination. Albans Abbey, located on the site where Alban, England’s first saint, was martyred.The manuscript’s powerfully drawn figures and saturated colors are distinct from those in previous Anglo-Saxon painting and signal the arrival of the Romanesque style of illumination in England. Although most twelfth-century prayer books were not illustrated, the St. Decorated with gold and precious colors, the psalter offers a display unparalleled by any other English manuscript to survive from the period.In 2007 the St. New evidence revealed here challenges several prevailing assumptions about this richly illuminated manuscript.The St. Albans Psalter was removed from its binding and in 2012 the disbound leaves traveled to the J. Albans Psalter is published on the occasion of the exhibition Canterbury and St. Paul Getty Museum from September 20, 2013, to February 2, 2014.. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in twelfth-century England. Albans: Treasures from Church and Cloister on view at the J

“St. Albans Psalter is both impressive in its scholarship and perfectly readable for the interested layperson.”—Los Angeles Times