The Breslau Psalter
Psalter with miniatures and historiated initials
Texts and Images
Psalms 1, 26, 38, 51, 52, 68, 80, 97, 101 and 109 introduced the ten sections into which medieval Psalters were often divided. Each of these ten Psalms is preceded by full-page miniatures and opens with a large historiated initial. The remaining 140 Psalms received small miniatures in the borders, usually illustrating their opening verse or main theme.
Entry into Jerusalem
This image displays Hand A’s salient features: monumental figures, gold-tooled and painted halos, shell gold applied over details painted in green, bright pink robes, tri-chromatic highlights on green drapery, white scumble on blue fabrics and light yellow areas painted with an organic colourant.