- Source: Paris Psalter (Anglo-Saxon)
The Paris Psalter (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, MS. Fonds Latin 8824) is an entire Anglo-Saxon psalm book written in both Latin and the West Saxon dialect of Old English. The manuscript dates from the middle of 11th century, written by a scribe who stated that he was called Wulfwinus cognomento Cada. The first 50 psalms are written in prose, while the Old English psalms from 51 to 150 are written in the metrical form. The first 50 psalms have been credibly attributed to Alfred the Great.
Its illustrations are in the Utrecht Psalter style, and some may have been filler when the Latin was shorter than the English. It had an estimated 200 leaves in 25 quires, but 14 leaves (including those with major decoration) were removed.
The Latin is written in Anglo-Caroline minuscle.
Further reading
Krapp, George Philip (1932). The Paris Psalter and the Meters of Boethius. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-08769-1.
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Inggris
- Sutra Bizantium
- Paris Psalter (Anglo-Saxon)
- Old English Bible translations
- List of Hiberno-Saxon illuminated manuscripts
- Anglo-Saxons
- Alfred the Great
- Anglo-Saxon art
- Christianisation of Anglo-Saxon England
- Psalter
- Christianity in Anglo-Saxon England
- List of illuminated later Anglo-Saxon manuscripts
