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Egbert Psalter

Egbert Psalter – Lito Immagine Editore – MS CXXXVI – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy)

Monastery of Reichenau (Germany) — Between 977–993, between 1078–1086, 1144

Gold-decorated psalms and prayers with a turbulent story from Reichenau to the court of the Grand Prince of Kiev: a magnificent masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an artistic testimony of a mother's love for her son

  1. The original Psalter was created for Archbishop Egbert of Trier (950–993) in the famous scriptorium of Reichenau Abbey

  2. In the middle of the 11th century, the codex came into the possession of the Grand Princess consort of Kiev, Gertruda (1025–1108), who had prayers added to it

  3. In 1144, the calendar was appended to the magnificently illuminated manuscript in Zwiefalten Abbey

Egbert Psalter

MS 136 Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy)
Egbert Psalter – Lito Immagine Editore – MS CXXXVI – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy)
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Egbert Psalter

The Egbert Psalter is not only significant as an outstanding example of Ottonian book art from Reichenau Abbey, but also fascinates with its turbulent and exceptionally well-documented provenance history. While the manuscript was originally created for the powerful Archbishop Egbert of Trier (950-993) in the Reichenau scriptorium as a liturgical book with the Old Testament Psalms and embellished with gold-decorated, full-page miniatures and initial pages, Gertruda of Poland (1025-1108), the consort of the Grand Prince of Kiev, had a personal selection of prayers added and illuminated to the manuscript between 1078 and 1086. Her love for her eldest son Yaropolk (before 1050-1086 or 1087) is shown both in prayers for him and in two full-page miniatures in which Gertruda had him immortalized. Today, the codex is adorned with a total of 23 Ottonian and Byzantine full-page miniatures and one smaller one. The purple and gold splendor is complemented by large and full-page gold decorated initials.

Codicology

Alternative Titles
Psalterium Egberti
Egbert-Psalter
Codex Gertrudianus
Gertrude Psalter
Gertrudian Codex
Trier Psalter
Size / Format
462 pages / 23.8 × 18.8 cm
Origin
Germany
Date
Between 977–993, between 1078–1086, 1144
Language
Latin
Script
Carolingian minuscule Uncial
Illustrations
23 full-page miniatures and 1 smaller miniature, 15 decorated initial pages, numerous large decorated initials
Content
Calendar, prayers, 150 psalms
Patron
Archbishop Egbert of Trier (950–993)
Artist / School
Previous Owners
Gertrude of Poland
Zwiefalten Abbey
Andechs-Merania family
Elizabeth of Hungary
Available facsimile editions:
Egbert Psalter – Lito Immagine Editore – MS CXXXVI – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy)
#1 Psalterium Egberti
Lito Immagine Editore – Udine, 2000
Facsimile Editions

#1 Psalterium Egberti

Lito Immagine Editore – Udine, 2000
Egbert Psalter – Lito Immagine Editore – MS CXXXVI – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy)
Egbert Psalter – Lito Immagine Editore – MS CXXXVI – Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Cividale del Friuli (Cividale del Friuli, Italy) Copyright Photos: Ziereis Facsimiles

Publisher: Lito Immagine Editore – Udine, 2000
Commentary: 1 volume by Claudio Barberi
Language: Italian
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