Psalter (GKS 1605 4°)

Illumination displaying the deadly sin of wrath

The Psalter (GKS 1605 4°) is a medieval illuminated manuscript, a psalter made in Flanders c. 1500-1535. It belongs to the Royal Library, Denmark. The quality of its illuminations has been described as "unique".[1]

The origins of the book are not known, nor who commissioned it, though it may have been commissioned by Isabella of Austria, wife of Christian II of Denmark.[2] It was probably illuminated by a follower of Gerard Horenbout and the scribe may have been one Anthonius van Damme, active in Bruges.[2] It contains 150 psalms as well as other hymns, as well as minor texts and illustrations.[1] The book was unexpectedly discovered in Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen in 1781, in a chest which had remained unopened for more than a hundred years.[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Petersen, Erik. "GKS 1605 4°: Psalterium". Royal Library, Denmark.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Drigsdahl, Erik. "Psalterium, Bruges and Ghent c.1520-1525". CHD Center for Håndskriftstudier i Danmark.

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