Master of the Harley Psalter1010

Harley Psalter, De Profundis (fol. 67v)

A page from the Harley Psalter illustrating the cry out of the depths, the soul that waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning (Psalm 130). A pen drawing on parchment by an Anglo-Saxon master.

Harley Psalter, De Profundis (fol. 67v) by Master of the Harley Psalter depicting Psalms 130:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 130:1-8Primary
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About Master of the Harley Psalter

English (Anglo-Saxon)

Anonymous English illuminator who, c. 1010 at Christ Church Canterbury, copied and adapted the Utrecht Psalter — producing British Library Harley MS 603, the first of three English copies of the Utrecht model.

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