Hebrew Psalms and the Utrecht Psalter : : Veiled Origins / / Pamela Berger.

In a major departure from previous scholarship, this volume argues that the illustrations in the famous and widely influential Utrecht Psalter manuscript were inspired by a late antique Hebrew version of Psalms, rather than a Latin, Christian version of the text.Produced during the early ninth centu...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2020
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Place / Publishing House:University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021]
©2020
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.) :; 38 color/52 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Methodology and the Example of Psalm 1
  • 2 Analysis of the Pictorial Motifs in Selected Utrecht Psalter Illustrations
  • 3 Late Antique Galilee: The Context for the Creation of the Model for the Utrecht Psalter Illustrations
  • 4 The Style of the Utrecht Psalter and Its Relation to Late Antique Jewish Art
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index