Egbert Psalter
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The Egbert Psalter (also known as the Gertrude Psalter or Trier Psalter) is a
Cividale, Italy (Ms. CXXXVI). The psalter is an example of the illuminated manuscripts associated with the Ottonian Renaissance
.
It was originally created around the year 980 by the monks of the
Egbert of Trier. In the mid-11th century, the book passed to Gertrude of Poland, wife of Iziaslav of Kiev. She included her prayer book as part of the codex and commissioned its illuminations, which curiously blend Byzantine and Romanesque
traditions.
In the 12th century, the codex was in the possession of the Andechs-Merania family, and was given to
Hedwig of Andechs. According to a 16th-century note on folio 8r, Saint Elizabeth gave the codex to the cathedral of Cividale in 1229.[1]
The book features a large picture of
Svyatoslav II of Kiev
admonishing them to return the Kievan throne to Iziaslav.
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 3-7995-4035-0.
External links
- Egbert Psalter, overview and full reproduction of the codex: Cividale del Friuli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, CXXXVI.
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