Hand F
Artists
Hand F made the second largest contribution to the Psalter. He painted four full-page miniatures (fols. 72v, 85v, 98v, 113v) and four large historiated initials (fols. 75r, 88r, 101r, 116r), all distributed among four quires. He collaborated with Hand A in three of the quires (10, 12, 14). Hand F’s salient features include gold-tooled frames, elongated figures with small heads, elaborately knotted belts and ‘ankle warmers’, and grey outlines of limbs (except on fol. 72v). He shared a palette with Hands E and G.
Betrayal
The artist responsible for this miniature, Hand F, usually outlined the limbs of his figures in grey. This miniature is an exception. Here, the artist adhered to the red outlines employed by most other artists throughout the volume. He also painted a hem in shell gold, perhaps to mirror the hems executed by Hand A on the facing page.