Description:
Altsignatur: Codcpict 63
BSB-Provenienz: München, alte kurfürstliche Hofbibliothek vor
1803
Kurzaufnahme einer Handschrift
Ausgewählte Einzelbilder außerdem verfügbar unter der Signatur
Codsim 289 Extent:
164 Bl. - Pergament Alternative Title:
Cod.c.pict. 63
Cod.sim. 289 Abstract:
Englische Version: This manuscript is one of the most lavishly
illuminated psalters of the Middle Ages. It includes 91 full-page
miniatures, most of which contain gold, in five picture cycles that
give an overview of the most important scenes of the Bible, and
especially the Old Testament, which is depicted in no fewer than
176 scenes. Among these, several very unusual motifs concerning
heroic women are especially noteworthy. The style of the
illumination is typical for the transition period between late
Romanesque and early Gothic art. With its calendar, the texts of
the Psalms, 15 canticles, and ten prayers, this book was intended
for the private use and devotion of an important noble lady.
Although its English provenance has long been known, it was only
recently that the origin of the manuscript could be determined more
precisely. In view of the close parallels with another dated
calendar of known origin, it now seems probable that the book was
commissioned in an Oxford workshop as a present for Margaret de
Briouze on the occasion of her marriage to the nobleman Walter de
Lacy II in the year 1201. According to an ex libris preserved on
the front pastedown, the manuscript must have reached the Bavarian
State Library by the 1620s. Dynastic links between the house of
Wittelsbach-Straubing-Holland and members of the English
aristocracy in the 13th and early 14th centuries could explain the
manuscript's migration to continental Europe. Subjects:
Great Britain
1200-1225
Großbritannien Publication Statement:
Oxford 1. Viertel 13. Jh.
