An Illuminated Book of Psalms

An Illuminated Book of Psalms

By Will Noel

Princeton University hosts a wonderful site entitled “Middle Ages For Educators”, which is designed to bring experts and primary sources to those who teach the Middle Ages in schools and colleges.  It has a lot of video resources, and I was asked to make one about ten minutes long. So please watch my guided tour of one of my favorite manuscripts in the collection, a Psalter from ca. 1300.

Illustration of the Virgin Mary and Jesus (shown with wounds in his hands, feet, and sides)
Coronation of the Virgin. Illustration from Psalter, ca. 1300. Robert Garrett Collection of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, no. 35.