Master of the Harley Psalter1010

Harley Psalter, fol. 2r (Beatus Vir)

A page from the Harley Psalter opening the psalter with the blessed man who delights in the law of the Lord and is like a tree planted by streams of water (Psalm 1). A pen drawing on parchment by an Anglo-Saxon master.

Harley Psalter, fol. 2r (Beatus Vir) by Master of the Harley Psalter depicting Psalms 1:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 1:1-6Primary
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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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