Ricemarch Psalter

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The Ricemarch Psalter, circa 1080, the start of Psalm 1:"Beatus vir..."

The Ricemarch Psalter is an 11th-century

De Trinitate in Cambridge, by the same scribe. The psalter is now at Trinity College Dublin as MS 50.[2]

History

The Psalter was presented between 1064 and 1082 by a scribe named Ithael to his brother

St. David's.[3]
Their father, Sulien (Latinized as Sulgenus), who would eventually become the Bishop of St. David's in 1072, had previously lived in Ireland for 13 years for the purpose of study; the decoration is heavily influenced by contemporary Irish styles.[4]

Style

It is possible that Rhygyfarch penned a few sections of the manuscript himself, as the hand is not always consistent. He certain composed several verses himself, even if he did not scribe those sections of manuscript. Hugh Jackson Lawlor is of the opinion that the psalter was not written primarily by Rhygyfarch himself, as mentioned above, unlike other scholars.

interlace with animals. It is likely that Ithael wrote the text, while John provided the large initials and miniatures. The designs, while limited in variety, are highly regarded by scholars of illuminated manuscripts.[7]

Other Insular illuminated manuscripts from Wales may include the Lichfield Gospels and the Hereford Gospels.

References

  1. ^ Scandinavian Relations with Ireland during the Viking Period Walsh, A. Fisher Unwin, London, 1922, p. 20.
  2. ISBN 0-416-79080-1
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  3. ISBN 0-19-821737-4
  4. ^ Fisher, op. & page cit.
  5. ^ Introduction to The Psalter and Martyrology of Ricemarch. Ed. Hugh Jackson Lawlor. Harrison and Sons, London, 1914, pgs. xix–xxi.
  6. ^ See Professor W.M. Lindsay's 'Early Welsh Script', pages 32–40, for more in-depth detail regarding the style and script of the manuscript.
  7. ^ Lawlor, pg. xx.

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