![]() Additions were made to the manuscript at various times until after her death, which is recorded in the calendar. If she did indeed own it, it is not clear whether the manuscript was intended for her from the beginning, whether it was adapted for her while it was being made, or whether it became hers after its completion recent research remains divided on this issue. 1155-1166), anchoress and later prioress of Markyate, or at least associated with her at some point after her death. According to subsequent scholars the St Albans Psalter came into being only during the abbacy (1119-1146) of Geoffrey de Gorham or Gorron, and it was possibly owned by Christina of Markyate (c. The hermit Roger, whose death anniversary (12 September) is recorded in the calendar, is likely to be identical with Roger d'Aubigny, a brother of abbot Richard d'Aubigny (1087-1119) and father of William d'Aubigny (Pincerna) and Nigel d'Aubigny. The first editor Adolph Goldschmidt considered Roger († ante 1118), hermit and monk of St Albans, to be the scribe of the psalms. ![]() Scholarly opinion differs on many of the details, but there is general agreement that the psalter was created at St Albans Abbey. Initial at the start of the " Our Father" ![]() (part of Quire 23 pp. 415–418) A bifolium with two full-page miniatures (pp. 416–417) depicting the Martyrdom of St Alban, and King David with musicians (Quires 6-23 pp. 73–414) Psalms, Canticles, Litany, and Collects a Beatus initial, with accompanying text.a drawing of two battling knights, with accompanying text, and.three miniatures depicting the Gospel Emmaus story,.Gregory the Great's defence of the use of images, in Latin and French translation,.a miniature and text of the Chanson de St Alexis,.(Quires 2-4 pp. 17–56) Series of full-page miniatures (Quire 1 pp. 1–16) Calendar and computistical material The manuscript is composed of five physically separable parts: The binding is of leather, and medieval, although it was restored in modern times, perhaps the 1930s. ![]() ![]() There are many signs that the pages have been trimmed down from their original size. 418 pages) of vellum, which are numbered by a modern hand in Arabic numerals in the top right corner of the rectos, and there is an additional numbering of the miniatures at the bottom of their pages. The manuscript as it survives in Hildesheim has 209 folios (i.e. A single leaf from the manuscript is at the Schnütgen Museum, Cologne one further leaf, and one further cutting, are missing from the volume, their whereabouts unknown. Godehard in Hildesheim, Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, but is now stored and administered at the nearby Dombibliothek (Cathedral Library) in Hildesheim Cathedral. Since the early 19th century it has been owned by the church of St. It also contains the earliest surviving example of French literature, the Chanson de St Alexis or Vie de St Alexis, and it was probably commissioned by an identifiable man and owned by an identifiable woman. It is widely considered to be one of the most important examples of English Romanesque book production it is of almost unprecedented lavishness of decoration, with over forty full-page miniatures, and contains a number of iconographic innovations that would endure throughout the Middle Ages. The St Albans Psalter, also known as the Albani Psalter or the Psalter of Christina of Markyate, is an English illuminated manuscript, one of several psalters known to have been created at or for St Albans Abbey in the 12th century. Mary Magdalene announces the Risen Christ ![]()
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