{"product_id":"the-st-albans-psalter-painting-and-prayer-in-medieval-england","title":"The St. Albans Psalter: Painting and Prayer in Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKristen Collins, Peter Kidd, and Nancy Turner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe St. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in twelfth-century England. It was probably created between 1120 and 1140 at St. Albans Abbey, located on the site where Alban, England’s first saint, was martyred.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript’s powerfully drawn figures and saturated colors are distinct from those in previous Anglo-Saxon painting and signal the arrival of the Romanesque style of illumination in England. Although most twelfth-century prayer books were not illustrated, the St. Albans Psalter includes more than 40 full-page illuminations and over 200 historiated initials. Decorated with gold and precious colors, the psalter offers a display unparalleled by any other English manuscript to survive from the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2007 the St. Albans Psalter was removed from its binding and in 2012 the disbound leaves traveled to the J. Paul Getty Museum, where scholars, conservators, and scientists conducted a close examination. New evidence revealed here challenges several prevailing assumptions about this richly illuminated manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe St. Albans Psalter\u003c\/i\u003e was published on the occasion of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eCanterbury and St. Albans: Treasures from Church and Cloister\u003c\/i\u003eon view at the J. Paul Getty Museum September 20, 2013, to February 2, 2014.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKristen Collins is associate curator in the Department of Manuscripts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Peter Kidd is a freelance researcher specializing in medieval manuscripts. Nancy Turner is manuscripts conservator in the Department of Paper Conservation at the J. Paul Getty Museum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eSt. Albans Psalter \u003c\/em\u003eis] both impressive in its scholarship and perfectly readable for the interested layperson.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Los Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e“[This book] reveal[s] new information on . . . the fine art of manuscript illumination. . . . In a mind-boggling act of restoration, the Getty removed the painted leaves of the book from its original binding in order to study and compare them.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Western Mail\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e“\u003cem\u003eSt. Albans Psalter: Painting and Prayer in Medieval England\u003c\/em\u003e investigates the style, iconography, themes and different sections of the manuscript, its original purpose and several of its continuing mysteries.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e—Church Building \u0026amp; Heritage Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e104 pages\u003cbr\u003e7 1\/2 x 10 7\/8 inches\u003cbr\u003e94 color and 2 b\/w illustrations\u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-60606-145-9\u003cbr\u003epaperback \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGetty Publications \u003cbr\u003eImprint: J. Paul Getty Museum \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2013\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GETTY TRUST PUBLICATIONS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67827708920128,"sku":"ynt1792574921275","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0935\/8288\/5184\/files\/the-st-albans-psalter-painting-and-prayer-in-medieval-england_1.jpg?v=1792574928","url":"https:\/\/www.briavox.com\/products\/the-st-albans-psalter-painting-and-prayer-in-medieval-england","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}