My Blog post for Trinity 21 was added on 10/19/2024 and is linked from the Archive column at right. In the post, I discussed the late-period Gregorian Sacrementary as the source for the Collect; St. Paul’s unique advice in Ephesians 6:10-20 to put on “the whole armour of God”; and St. John’s account of the Healing of the Nobleman’s Son with an illustration by Jan Luyken from the enormous and unique volumes known as the Bowyer Bible.
This week the focus continues on books available through the AIC Bookstore, with the second of two studies of the Psalter.
This volume includes rarely-seen images from Psalters produced in the early 9th C. through the late 17th C. The primary source is the Stuttgart Psalter, produced in the Scriptorium, Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Pres, circa 820 A.D. Saint-Germain-des-Pres is one of the four quarters of Paris, located on the south bank of the Seine and named after a 6th C. mayor of Paris. Although produced after the death of the Blessed Alcuin of York (d. 804 A.D.), the volume reflects the scholarship of Alcuin during his many years as spiritual advisor to the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and as Abbot of St. Martin of Tours, Tours, France. More information about this 442-page volume is available on the AIC Bookstore page and can be ordered online through my Amazon Author Central page.
For this volume, Corkie Shibley selected the Apple typeface Luminare and created the unique capital/scroll combination background for the first word in each Psalm. The color of each was chosen to match color profile of the first illustration chosen for each Psalm. The illustration is from page 18, which is placed opposite the opening verses of Psalm 7, dramatically illustrating verse 2: “Lest he devour my soul like a lion.”
The Psalters used in the volume include the Athelstan Psalter (924 A.D.), produced near Liege, France, for Athelstan, King of Wessex, England; Bedford Psalter and Hours (1414-1422 A.D.), produced in either London or Westminster; the Psalter of Maria of Burgundy, produced circa 1470-1479 in Flanders possibly as a wedding present for her marriage to the Hapsburg Emperor Maximilian I; and the Psalter of Henry VIII, produced in southeast England around 1540-1541, including King Henry’s personal notations on many Psalms.
The next post in this series will be focused on the first of two volumes focused on the primary seasons on the Anglican calendar, Christmas: The Nativity of Our Lord in Scripture, Art & Christian Tradition.
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