Utrecht Psalter

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Utrecht Psalter, Folio 15 BC

The Utrecht Psalter (since 1732 in the Utrecht University Library , Ms. 32) is a masterpiece of Carolingian book art . It was made around 820 to 835 AD in the Benedictine monastery of Hautvillers and equipped with 166 ink drawings. The Ebo Gospel comes from the same so-called Reims School and probably from the same scribes and illuminators gathered for this purpose .

The tradition of interpreting the psalms derives from the palace school of Charlemagne in Aachen . The Psalter represents many of the cultural achievements of the Carolingian era .

In 2015, the Psalter was declared a World Document Heritage by UNESCO .

literature

  • Utrecht Psalter . In the original format of manuscript 32 from the property of the Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht library. 2 volumes. Graz: Akad. Druck- u. Publishing company (Codices selecti phototypice impressi), 1982–1984. Volume 1: Complete facsimile edition, 216 pages, 1982; Volume 2: Commentary by Koert van der Horst, translated from the Dutch by Johannes Rathofer, 108 pages, 1982. ISBN 3-201-01207-6
  • Koert van der Horst (Ed.): The Utrecht Psalter in medieval art: picturing the psalms of David . [... Published in conjunction with the exhibition Het Utrecht Psalter. Middeleeuwse meesterwerken rond een beroemd handschrift Utrecht, Museum Catharijneconvent, 31 August - 17 November 1996] MS't Goy-Houten 1996. ISBN 90-6194-328-0 , ISBN 90-6194-318-3
  • Lawrence Nees, “On Carolingian book painters: The Ottoboni Gospels and its Transfiguration Master,” in: The Art Bulletin , June 2001, at Find Articles

Web links

Commons : Utrecht Psalter  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Utrecht Psalter. UNESCO Memory of the World, accessed September 1, 2017 .