Queen Mary's psalter :
miniatures and drawings by an English artist of the 14th century reproduced from Royal MS. 2 B. VII in the British Museum /
with introduction by Sir George Warner.

Description

Related Names

Warner, George F. (George Frederic), Sir, 1845-1936.
Master of Queen Mary's Psalter, active 1310-1320.
Catholic Church.
British Library.

Language(s)

English ; Latin ; Romance (Other)

Published

London : Printed for the Trustees : 1912.

Subjects

Queen Mary psalter
Queen Mary psalter
Bible
Bible > Bible / Illustrations.
Bible > Bible / Illustrations.
Bible. > Bible. / Psalms > Bible. / Psalms / Illustrations.
Queen Mary psalter.
Psalters > Psalters / Specimens
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic > Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic / England
Illumination of books and manuscripts > Illumination of books and manuscripts / Specimens
Miniature painting > Miniature painting / Reproduction
Psalters
Miniature painting > Miniature painting / Reproduction
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English
Anglo-Norman dialect
Anglo-normand (Dialecte) > Anglo-normand (Dialecte) / Textes.
Psautiers > Psautiers / Illustrations.
Enluminure gothique > Enluminure gothique / Angleterre.
Enluminure anglaise > Enluminure anglaise / 14e siècle.
Anglo-Norman dialect > Anglo-Norman dialect / Texts.
Psalters > Psalters / Illustrations.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic > Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic / England.
Illumination of books and manuscripts, English > Illumination of books and manuscripts, English / 14th century.
Miniature painting > Miniature painting / Reproduction.
England
Psautiers.
Psalters.
Texts
Illustrated works
Psalters
psalters (books)

Note

"Photographs taken at the British Museum and plates and letterpress printed at Oxford by Horace Hart" -- title page verso.
Pages 55-92 contain transcription, and English translation, of descriptive text in Anglo-Norman French which appears under drawings of Old Testament scenes in the manuscript. Segments of psalter text on reproduced pages following the Old Testament scenes are in Latin.
Photographic reproductions (collotypes) of all miniatures and drawings from the 14th-century psalter now in the British Library, named for Mary Tudor who owned it in the 16th century.

Physical Description

[6], 92, [2] pages, 316 pages of plates : facsimiles ; 33 cm

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