Knowledge

Kiev Psalter of 1397

Source 📝

28: 20: 87:). Sometimes the meaning of the illustration is explained in long notes in the same thin red draft (apparently original). Each leaf is about 30 x 24.5 cm, larger than a typical Byzantine psalter. The weighty and elegant script and large size of the page adds to the impressiveness of the book. 176: 256: 217: 276: 241: 48: 271: 210: 266: 246: 203: 251: 120: 183: 63:, and the decorations were probably added there later, in a refined and lively style, closely following a 44: 116: 261: 83:, with thin red lines drawn between miniature and text to indicate the passage intended (compare the 236: 59:, "at the command of Bishop Mikhail"; however, both scribe and patron had recently arrived from 27: 108: 100: 107:
in the mid-19th century. Courtesy of the count, its first printed edition was prepared by
84: 175: 187: 112: 160: 230: 124: 64: 23:
A page from the psalter illustrating the creation of Adam and his life in Paradise
104: 52: 96: 163:— The scanned copy of Spiridon Psalter in the Presidential library Russia. 19: 79:
Many of the miniatures illustrate—often not very closely—passages from a
68: 147:, Thames & Hudson, London (or Braziller NY), 1984, nos 28 & 29 60: 80: 26: 18: 56: 191: 95:The Psalter passed through the hands of numerous 211: 8: 218: 204: 51:. It was written in 1397 by the scribe, 43:, is one of the most famous East Slavic 136: 31:Miniature showing the baptism of Jesus 257:National Library of Russia collection 7: 172: 170: 16:East Slavic illustrated manuscript 14: 174: 99:nobles before being sold to the 47:, containing over three hundred 145:Russian Illuminated Manuscripts 1: 277:Illuminated manuscript stubs 190:. You can help Knowledge by 242:Old East Slavic manuscripts 161:Киевская Псалтирь 1397 года 293: 169: 272:14th-century manuscripts 121:Russian National Library 45:illuminated manuscripts 184:illuminated manuscript 182:This article about an 32: 24: 30: 22: 267:Cyrillic manuscripts 247:Illuminated psalters 37:Kiev Psalter of 1397 117:Sheremetev Library 33: 25: 199: 198: 284: 220: 213: 206: 178: 171: 166: 148: 141: 119:merged into the 109:Nikodim Kondakov 41:Spiridon Psalter 292: 291: 287: 286: 285: 283: 282: 281: 252:History of Kyiv 227: 226: 225: 224: 164: 157: 152: 151: 142: 138: 133: 115:. In 1932, the 93: 85:Chludov Psalter 77: 17: 12: 11: 5: 290: 288: 280: 279: 274: 269: 264: 259: 254: 249: 244: 239: 229: 228: 223: 222: 215: 208: 200: 197: 196: 179: 168: 167: 156: 155:External links 153: 150: 149: 143:Popova, Olga, 135: 134: 132: 129: 113:Fyodor Buslaev 92: 89: 76: 73: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 289: 278: 275: 273: 270: 268: 265: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 243: 240: 238: 235: 234: 232: 221: 216: 214: 209: 207: 202: 201: 195: 193: 189: 185: 180: 177: 173: 162: 159: 158: 154: 146: 140: 137: 130: 128: 126: 125:St Petersburg 122: 118: 114: 110: 106: 102: 101:Russian Count 98: 90: 88: 86: 82: 74: 72: 70: 67:11th century 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 29: 21: 192:expanding it 181: 165:(in Russian) 144: 139: 94: 78: 55:Spiridon in 40: 36: 34: 262:1397 in art 237:1397 books 231:Categories 131:References 105:Sheremetev 97:Lithuanian 53:Archdeacon 49:miniatures 65:Byzantine 75:Printing 103:Sergey 91:History 69:Psalter 61:Moscow 186:is a 81:psalm 39:, or 188:stub 111:and 57:Kiev 35:The 123:in 233:: 127:. 71:. 219:e 212:t 205:v 194:.

Index



illuminated manuscripts
miniatures
Archdeacon
Kiev
Moscow
Byzantine
Psalter
psalm
Chludov Psalter
Lithuanian
Russian Count
Sheremetev
Nikodim Kondakov
Fyodor Buslaev
Sheremetev Library
Russian National Library
St Petersburg
Киевская Псалтирь 1397 года
Stub icon
illuminated manuscript
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
1397 books
Old East Slavic manuscripts

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.