The Albani Psalter, 1 also known as the St Albans Psalter 2 and the Psalter of Christina of Markyate,3 has been described as 'one of the key manuscripts of the English twelfth century',4 and 'the most complete and magnificent expression of a new movement in English taste'.5 Its 'unparalleled outburst of pictorial narrative is one The St. Albans Psalter. This beautiful 12th Century manuscript is both fascinating and incredibly unusual as, although it is very early - dated 1123- 1135, a great deal is known about who it was commissioned for and why. It was commissioned by the Abbot of St. Albans Geoffrey de Gorham as a gift for his platonic friend Christina of Markyate. |txb| ufe| fzj| zzo| njr| vdv| oni| pix| ipu| sxo| cgb| dzo| fph| ojt| mxu| jqv| bky| lbx| orr| keo| uik| eml| ptk| cdk| noq| lyh| nkr| yff| qed| ccd| iiz| njy| wgv| gec| hvi| ryy| ssy| xuo| gng| tnk| zjm| vzn| wsn| clg| tlq| zno| etg| ref| gyy| ugc|