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Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fol. 148r

A page from the twelfth-century Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, illuminating the song of ascents that lifts the eyes to the hills, to the Lord who keeps Israel and neither slumbers nor sleeps (Psalm 121). Tempera and gold on parchment by a French Gothic master.

Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine, fol. 148r by Master of the Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine depicting Psalms 121:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 121:1-8Primary

About Master of the Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine

French (Gothic)

Anonymous late 12th-century French illuminator responsible for the Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (KB 76 F 13).

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