The Christina Psalter: A Study of the Images and Texts in a French Early Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Manuscript
By Marina Vidas
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By Marina Vidas
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This book is the first detailed analysis of an exquisitely illuminated thirteenth-century Parisian manuscript (The Royal Library, Copenhagen) which was owned by Christina of Norway (1234-1262), daughter of Håkon IV and wife of Philip of Castile and León. New information is provided about the Psalter?'s medieval and later components, its liturgical and other functions, missing illuminations and texts, as well as its provenance and date. Furthermore, the stylistic and iconographic similaritie...






















