Master of the Bosworth Psalter990

Bosworth Psalter, Quid Gloriaris (fol. 33r)

A page from the Anglo-Saxon Bosworth Psalter opening Psalm 52, where the singer asks why the mighty boast in mischief while the steadfast love of God endures (Psalm 52). An illuminated manuscript in tempera on parchment, made in England around 990.

Bosworth Psalter, Quid Gloriaris (fol. 33r) by Master of the Bosworth Psalter depicting Psalms 52:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 52:1-9Primary

About Master of the Bosworth Psalter

English (Anglo-Saxon)

Late 10th-century English illuminator (Canterbury or Glastonbury) responsible for the Bosworth Psalter, BL Add MS 37517.

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