John Lowden

Observations on Illustrated Byzantine Psalters

A recent study of the “aristocratic” Psalter in Byzantium makes possible a reassessment of the role of this type of book and the way we study it. A series of separate inquiries into questions of date, size, and function, the combined text known as the New Testament/Psalter, the relationship of text and miniatures in Paris.gr.139, and terminology suggest that the “aristocratic” Psalters cannot be satisfactorily understood in isolation from other illustrated or unillustrated Psalters. A working list of eighty-four illustrated Byzantine Psalters is provided as a basis for further research.

The Cotton Genesis : British Library, Codex Cotton Otho B VI

The Description for this book, The Cotton Genesis: The Illustrations in the Manuscripts of the Septuagint, Volume I. British Library, Codex Cotton Otho B. VI. (PMAA-45), will be forthcoming.