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Theodore Psalter, fol. 137r

A page from the Theodore Psalter, folio 137r, illustrating the call to give thanks to the Lord and remember the wonders he has done (Psalms 105). A tempera-on-parchment miniature painted by the Byzantine scribe Theodore of Caesarea in 1066.

Theodore Psalter, fol. 137r by Theodore of Caesarea depicting Psalms 105:1
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Portrait of Theodore of Caesarea

About Theodore of Caesarea

1000-1080 · Byzantine

Byzantine monk-illuminator who in 1066 produced the Theodore Psalter (BL Add MS 19352) at the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople — one of the most fully illustrated marginal psalters surviving from the post-iconoclastic period.