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This is a fascinating study of the making of the Harley Psalter, an illustrated manuscript which was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury, over a period of about 100 years, from c. 1020 to c. 1130. The Harley Psalter was closely based on the Utrecht Psalter, the most celebrated of all Carolingian illuminated manuscripts. Through meticulous observation of the Harley Psalter, William Noel analyses how the artists and scribes worked with each other and with their manuscript exemplars in making their illustrated text. The author demonstrates that this work is best understood not as a copy of the Utrecht Psalter, but rather as one of a series of Anglo-Saxon manuscript experiments that incorporated its imagery. This is a crucial work for understanding the development of art, script and book making during what has been termed the 'golden age' of Anglo-Saxon art.
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This is a fascinating study of the making of the Harley Psalter, an illustrated manuscript which was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury over a period of about 100 years, from c. 1020 to c. 1130. William Noel analyses how the artists and scribes worked with each other and with their manuscript exemplars in making their illustrated text. This is a crucial work for understanding the development of art, script and book making during what has been termed the 'golden age' of Anglo-Saxon art.
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Hardcover. Condition: VG. Mylat covered illustrated dj. black cloth covering, gilt lettering on spine. (xvii), 231 pages : illustrations. A study of the making of the Harley Psalter at Christ Church Canterbury c.1020-1130. Contents as follows: A note on the Psalm texts -- 1. Quires ruled by the artists -- 2. Quires ruled by the scribes -- 3. The origin and dates of the Harley Psalter -- 4. Four perspectives on the making of the Harley Psalter -- 5. Reading the Utrecht and Harley Psalters c. 1000-c. 1150 -- Appendix 1: The Harley Psalter: a tabulated description -- Appendix 2: The Utrecht and Harley Psalters: parallel collations -- Index of Psalm iconography. Seller Inventory # 180165
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Cambridge [UK]:: Cambridge University Press, 1995. A beautiful copy. Clean, square, and tight. Sharp corners. The Dust Jacket is bright. No chips. No tears. No creases. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology. With 83 illustrations. Two appendices. Select bibliography. Index of Psalm Iconography. Index of Manuscripts. General Index. Bound in the original black boards, lettered in shiny silver over a gray spine panel. From the Dust Jacket: "This is a fascinating study of the making of the Harley Psalter, an illustrated manuscript which was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury, over a period of about one hundred years, from c. 1020 to c. 1130. The Harley Psalter was closely based on the Utrecht Psalter, the most celebrated of all Carolingian illuminated manuscripts. Through meticulous observation of the Harley Psalter, William Noel analyses how the artists and scribes worked with each other and with their manuscript exemplars in making their illustrated text. The author demonstrates that this work is best understood not as a copy of the Utrecht Psalter, but rather as one of a series of Anglo-Saxon manuscript experiments that incorporated its imagery. The Harley Psalter is undoubtedly a crucial work for understanding the development of art, script and book making during what has been termed the 'golden age' of Anglo-Saxon art." . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine condition./Fine dust jacket. xvii, 231pp. Seller Inventory # 007061