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Illuminated Manuscript, Cologne Psalter-Hours, Binding, Walters Manuscript W.41, Lower board outside

This Psalter-Hours was made for a Franciscan community in Cologne, Germany, in the late thirteenth century. It is especially notable for its large program of illuminations, which includes roundels in the calendar depicting the labors of the month, two full-page miniatures, fourteen historiated initials, and grotesques perched upon the top of bar borders throughout. It is identical in style to Baltimore, Walters Ms. W.111, and both are related to the style of LiÃ¨ge manuscripts of the 1280s-90s. They are also considered to be stylistic precursors of works by Johannes von Valkenburg, such as two graduals he created for Franciscans in Cologne in 1299 (Cologne, DiÃ¶zesan Bibliothek Ms. 1B and Bonn, UniversitÃ¤tsbibliothek Ms. 384). All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on the Digital Walters at thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W41 For a digital â€œturning the pagesâ€ presentation of this manuscript and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museumâ€™s Works of Art Web site at art.thewalters.org/detail/13885/cologne-psalter-hours. This Psalter-Hours was made for a Franciscan community in Cologne, Germany, in the late thirteenth century. It is especially notable for its large program of illuminations, which includes roundels in the calendar depicting the labors of the month, two full-page miniatures, fourteen historiated initials, and grotesques perched upon the top of bar borders throughout. It is identical in style to Baltimore, Walters Ms. W.111, and both are related to the style of LiÃ¨ge manuscripts of the 1280s-90s. They are also considered to be stylistic precursors of works by Johannes von Valkenburg, such as two graduals he created for Franciscans in Cologne in 1299 (Cologne, DiÃ¶zesan Bibliothek Ms. 1B and Bonn, UniversitÃ¤tsbibliothek Ms. 384). All manuscript images and descriptions were created and are provided through Preservation and Access grants awarded to the Walters Art Museum by the National Endowment for the Humanities, 2008-2014. Access a complete set of high-resolution archival images of this manuscript for free on the Digital Walters at thedigitalwalters.org/Data/WaltersManuscripts/html/W41 For a digital â€œturning the pagesâ€ presentation of this manuscript and downloadable PDFs, visit the Walters Art Museumâ€™s Works of Art Web site at art.thewalters.org/detail/13885/cologne-psalter-hours

New Testament

Close up photo of New Testament and Chandelier

The Four Evangelists and Two Apostles, The four evangelists and the two chief apostles, Walters Manuscript W.530.C, fol. 211r

This image originally faced the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles in a late eleventh-century Psalter and New Testament in Mount Athos, Vatopedi Monastery, MS 762. It seems likely that in this manuscript's scribe and illuminator were the same person. The Evangelists and Apostles appear in the following order: Paul, Peter, John (above), Luke, Matthew, Mark (below). This image originally faced the beginning of the Acts of the Apostles in a late eleventh-century Psalter and New Testament in Mount Athos, Vatopedi Monastery, MS 762. It seems likely that in this manuscript's scribe and illuminator were the same person. The Evangelists and Apostles appear in the following order: Paul, Peter, John (above), Luke, Matthew, Mark (below).

Ancient Psalter

Two vintage books. Isolated over white with clipping path. Two vintage books. Isolated over white with clipping path

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