The St. Albans Psalter
Produced in England, St. Albans Abbey, ca. 1119–23
Hildesheim, Dombibliothek, MS St. Godehard 1
The St. Albans Psalter is one of the finest examples of English Romanesque art. Its illumination includes a cycle of forty full-page miniatures at its beginning, two further full-page miniatures at its end, as well as five tinted drawings and 211 historiated initials.
For more information, please visit the St. Albans Psalter Project from the University of Aberdeen.
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Image of page 51, depicting Mary Magdalene announcing the Resurrection to the Apostles.
Image of page 50, depicting the Maries at the empty Tomb of Jesus.
Detail of page 69, depicting Christ on the road to Emmaus.
Detail of page 417, depicting King David with a group of musicians.
Facsimile: Jane Geddes, The St. Alban’s Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate (London: The British Library, 2005)
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