Psalter of Louis the German

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The Psalter Louis the German is a Carolingian illuminated manuscript that was created in the second quarter of the 9th century in the monastery of Saint-Omer on behalf of King Ludwig. This is identified with Ludwig the German (843–876).

The book decoration of the Psalter is strongly influenced by the insular book illumination and thus an early representative of the so-called Franco-Saxon school , which developed in today's northern France and clearly differed from the courtly Carolingian book illumination.

The codex comprises 120 sheets of parchment , its format is 294 × 246 mm. Today it is in the Berlin State Library (Ms. theol. Latin fol. 58).

literature

  • Florentine Mütherich , Joachim E. Gaehde: Carolingian book painting. Prestel, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-7913-0395-3 , pp. 66-67.
  • Peter van den Brink, Sarvenaz Ayooghi (ed.): Charlemagne - Charlemagne. Karl's art. Catalog of the special exhibition Karls Kunst from June 20 to September 21, 2014 in the Center Charlemagne , Aachen. Sandstein, Dresden 2014, ISBN 978-3-95498-093-2 , pp. 253-255 (with lit.).

Web links

Commons : Psalter of Ludwig the German - SB Berlin Theol. lat. fol. 58  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Digitized in the Bibliotheca Laureshamensis digital