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13th-
14th c.
Salterio glosado (Salterio Anglo-Catalán).
[Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 8846]
[84-96400-07-7] Barcelona, 2004. 32.5 x 48 cm, 356 pp + commentary
The Anglo-Catalonian Psalter is a magnificent codex that contains two masterpieces
executed in two different places and at different times. The oldest part, Canterbury, ca.
1200 (184 pp) follows the iconographic organization of the Utrecht Psalter. It begins with 8
extraordinary miniatures; 52 miniatures follow at the start of each psalm. The unfinished
ms went to Catalonia around 1340 and was painted by Ferrer Basa and artists of his atelier.
The work was commissioned by “Pedro el Ceremonioso” and begins with page 185 where
we find a great iconographic freedom showed both in the typological interpretations of the
psalms as well as in the New Testament. Limited edition of 987 copies. Bound in brown
leather with leather case.
11th c. El beato de Saint-Severs. Reproducción facsímil del ms. lat. 8878 de la
Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, códice de los comentarios al apocalipsis de
beato de Liébana ilustrado a mediados del siglo XI por Stephanus Garsia para
Gregorio Montaner, abad de Saint-Sever, en la Gascuña.
[Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 8878]
[84-85197-29-1] Madrid, 1984. 28 x 37 cm, 592, 334 pp.
9th c. Drogo-Sakramentar / Le sacramentaire de Drogon (Paris, Bibliothèque
Nationale, ms. lat. 9428).
[Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 9428]
[3-201-00903-2] Codices Selecti, XLIX. Graz, 1974. 21.5 x 26.5 cm, 2 vols, 260, 32 pp.
This splendid Carolingian illuminated MS was written in Metz and painted for the personal
use of Charlemagne’s son Drogo, bishop of Metz. The book contains all the prayers spoken
by the officiating priest during the course of the year. It is the product of a court
scriptorium, and includes only those liturgical sections that the bishop spoke. The MS’s
style is considered to show the patron’s influence and introduces a new a iconographic
type. For example in the depiction of the Crucifixion for Palm Sunday, the usual
triumphant Christ on the Cross (christus triumphans) is replaced by an image of Christ
(christus patiens), a dead and tortured body spouting water and blood which are collected
by a female figure recognizable as Ecclesia, the Church, in a chalice, that would become
entangled with the Holy Grail legend in the future. The Serpent entwines the base of the
cross and figures representing the Sun and Moon witness the event from above.
Commentary by Wilhelm Köhler. Deluxe limited edition, bound in vellum with slipcase
covered in linen.
€ 1180