Master of the Harley Psalter1010

Harley Psalter, fol. 70r

A page from the Harley Psalter illustrating the prayer that rises like incense, with hands lifted up as the evening sacrifice (Psalm 141). A pen drawing on parchment by an Anglo-Saxon master.

Harley Psalter, fol. 70r by Master of the Harley Psalter depicting Psalms 141:1
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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.