The Norman Conquest was achieved largely thanks to two instruments of war previously unknown in England: the mounted, armoured knight, and the castle. The former was a key factor in William the Conqueror’s triumph at Hastings, while the latter dramatically militarised the English landscape.
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Psalter-Hours, Amiens, France, between 1280 and 1299., MS M.729
Manuscript Miniatures: Getty MS Ludwig VIII 4 Wenceslaus Psalter Getty MS Ludwig VIII 4 Wenceslaus Psalter Folio 28v Dating 1255-1260 From England (exact location unknown) Holding Institution J. Paul Getty Museum
Utrecht Psalter
Celtic Psalter, Date 11th century Shelfmark MS.56 Identifier f.90v
Date: late 1100s. Culture: Byzantine. Medium: Tempera, black ink and gold on parchment. Dimensions: 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 2 in. (20.7 x 14.9 x 5.1 cm)Other (Singl...
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Stuttgarter Psalter
A map of the world, with Jerusalem at the centre and the monstrous races on the outermost south edge (right side). East is on the top. England, c. 1265 Psalter map - Additional Ms. 28681 fol-9r detail "high resolution" London BL
I am delighted to be able to share with you that the Keeper of Manuscripts and Printed Books at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, has given me permission to publish images of the Macclesfield Psalter on this blog. The modern day story of this beautiful medieval illuminated manuscript is just …
Glasgow University Library Special Collections Hunterian Psalter
The opening page of Psalm 1 in the Theodore Psalter (London, British Library, MS Additional 19352, f. 1r). The Theodore Psalter (British Library Additional MS 19352) is one of the most famous illuminated manuscripts to survive from the Byzantine Empire. Completed in Constantinople in February 1066, the Psalter consists of...
BL Additional 50000 The Oscott Psalter
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