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The Golden Psalter of St. Gall (''Psalterium Aureum'', Codex Sangallensis 22) is a Carolingian art, Carolingian Latin_Psalters#Versio_Gallicana, Gallican psalter produced in the late 9th century, probably begun in West Francia (Soissons, court school of Charles the Bald?), later continued in St. Gall Abbey.
The manuscript consists of 344 vellum leaves (), with two full-page miniatures and fifteen full or half-page illustrations on the psalm titles. The decorations are predominantly in the first half of the manuscript. The final pictorial illustration shows "David in the desert of Judah" (depicted as a Carolingian nobleman with three men-at-arms standing in a forest), illustrating psalm 63, psalm 62 (63) (p. 141), although the figure of King David is again shown as standing on the ''S'' initial of psalm 69, psalm 68 (69).
E-Codices: Golden Psalter (Psalterium aureum) of St. Gall - Psalterium Gallicanum
Carolingian psalters Manuscripts of the Abbey library of Saint Gall {{bible-stub
The Golden Psalter of St. Gall (''Psalterium Aureum'', Codex Sangallensis 22) is a Carolingian art, Carolingian Latin_Psalters#Versio_Gallicana, Gallican psalter produced in the late 9th century, probably begun in West Francia (Soissons, court school of Charles the Bald?), later continued in St. Gall Abbey.
The manuscript consists of 344 vellum leaves (), with two full-page miniatures and fifteen full or half-page illustrations on the psalm titles. The decorations are predominantly in the first half of the manuscript. The final pictorial illustration shows "David in the desert of Judah" (depicted as a Carolingian nobleman with three men-at-arms standing in a forest), illustrating psalm 63, psalm 62 (63) (p. 141), although the figure of King David is again shown as standing on the ''S'' initial of psalm 69, psalm 68 (69).
References
*Scherrer Gustav, ''Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen'', Halle 1875, 11–12. *Florentine Mütherich, Joachim E. Gaehde: Karolingische Buchmalerei. Prestel, München 1979, 122–126. *Euw, Anton von, ''Die St. Galler Buchkunst vom 8. bis zum Ende des 11. Jahrhunderts'', Band I: Textband, St. Gallen 2008, 400–408, Nr. 98.External links
E-Codices: Golden Psalter (Psalterium aureum) of St. Gall - Psalterium Gallicanum
Carolingian psalters Manuscripts of the Abbey library of Saint Gall {{bible-stub