Category:London, British Library, MS Harley 603

Manuscript Summary

T64, London, British Library, MS Harley 603

Common Name	Harley Psalter
Folios	ff.2r-27v, 50r-57v (c.1000-1025) & ff.58r-73v (c.1025-1050)	ff.17r, 28r-29r (c.1075-1100) & ff. 29v-35v (c.1125-1150)
Manuscript Date	c.1000-1025 & c.1025-1050 / (980-1041)	c.1075-1100 & c.1125-1150 / (1080-1179)
Manuscript Origin	Anglo-Saxon / England, Canterbury
Manuscript Subject	Psalter
Web Source	British Library Digitised Manuscripts British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Discussion	The illustrations were completed in 4 phases: ff.2-27v, 50-57v 1000-1025AD; ff.58-73v 1025-1050AD; ff.17v, 28, 29v 1075-1100AD; ff.29-35 1125-1150AD. Hand E did some small illustrations on ff.15, 15v, 53, 58v-72v 1025-1050AD?
References	Backhouse, Janet; Turner, D.H. and Webster, Leslie (1984) The Golden Age of Anglo Saxon Art. 59 f.51b Brown, Michelle P. (1991) Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts. 73 f.51v Brown, Michelle P. (2007) Manuscripts from the Anglo-Saxon Age. 124 f.54v; 125 f.55r Ohlgren, Thomas H. (1992) Anglo-Saxon Textual Illustration. Complete Temple, Elzbieta (1976) A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in the British Isles Volume II. Anglo-Saxon Manuscripts 900-1066. Harvey Miller. 200 f.2; 201 f.12; 202 f.13v; 203 f.15; 204 f.17v; 205 f.51v; 206 54v; 207 66v; 210 f1; Fig1 f.60v

	London, British Library, MS Cotton Vitellius C III	Anglo-Saxon	Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.10.4 (215)

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