Eadwine Psalter

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The Eadwine Psalter is a richly illuminated 12th-century English psalter renowned for its intricate artwork and multiple Latin and vernacular translations of the Psalms.

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Eadwine (self-portrait of scribe) 1
Eadwine Psalter canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf illuminated manuscript
psalter
artStyle Romanesque illumination
associatedWith Canterbury Cathedral
surface form: Christ Church Priory, Canterbury
catalogCode Trinity College MS R.17.1
contains Calendar
Canticles
Litany
Psalms
countryOfOrigin England
currentLocation Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
dateCreated c. 1150
decoration richly illuminated pages
depicts Eadwine Psalter self-linksurface differs
surface form: Eadwine (self-portrait of scribe)

King David
biblical scenes
era High Middle Ages
feature Anglo-Norman French translation of the Psalms
Old English translation of the Psalms
multiple Latin versions of the Psalms
genre religious manuscript
hasPart full-page miniatures
historiated initials
interlinear glosses
marginal illustrations
multiple psalm translations
inception 12th century
influencedBy Utrecht Psalter
language Anglo-Norman
surface form: Anglo-Norman French

Latin
Old English
liturgicalUse monastic devotion
mainSubject Psalms
surface form: Book of Psalms
material parchment
namedAfter Eadwine of Canterbury
notableWorkOf Canterbury school of illumination
placeOfOrigin Canterbury
preservationStatus well-preserved
productionContext Benedictine monastery
relatedWork Utrecht Psalter (as a model and source)
religiousTextType psalm book
religiousTradition Christianity
scribe Eadwine of Canterbury
scriptType Caroline minuscule
display capitals
significance important witness to medieval psalm translation traditions
major example of 12th-century English illumination
translationType Latin text with vernacular glosses
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Wren Library notableItem Eadwine Psalter
Eadwine Psalter depicts Eadwine Psalter self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Eadwine (self-portrait of scribe)