The Melisende Psalter (London, British Library, Egerton MS 1139) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned around 1135 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, probably by King Fulk for his wife Queen Melisende. It is a notable example of Crusader art, which resulted from a merging of the artistic styles of Roman Catholic Europe, the Eastern Orthodox Byzantine Empire and the art of the Armenian illuminated manuscript.
Seven scribes and illuminators, working in the scriptorium built by the crusaders in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, were involved in the creation of the psalter. It measures 21.6 centimetres by 14 centimetres.
This manuscript forms part of the Egerton Collection in the British Library in London.
The MelisendePsalter (London, British Library, Egerton MS 1139) is an illuminated manuscript commissioned around 1135 in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem...
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cross-fertilisation of ideas and techniques. An example of this is the MelisendePsalter, created by several hands in a workshop attached to the Holy Sepulchre...
Christian art began to show the risen Christ himself. Examples are the MelisendePsalter and Peter von Cornelius's The Three Marys at the Tomb. Eastern icons...
at Bayt Jibrin near Ascalon. c. 1135 Fulk commissions a splendid psalter for Melisende. 1135 August. Fulk allows Alice to return to Antioch. 1136 April...
a cross-fertilisation of ideas and techniques. One example is the MelisendePsalter. This style either reflected or influenced the taste of patrons of...
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different styles is the MelisendePsalter, an illuminated manuscript produced in the mid-12th century, perhaps for Queen Melisende of Jerusalem. It reflects...
Middle Ages (1125–1150) MelisendePsalter, illuminated manuscript commissioned in the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem for Queen Melisende (c. 1135) Gospels of...
with Armenian blood". Melisende, who became queen in 1131, was influenced by Morphia's Greek Orthodox faith. The MelisendePsalter, which combines Western...
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at Acre around 1282. This is an "audacious claim" in light of the MelisendePsalter (c. 1135). Nobel 2006, p. xxxvi. Szirmai 2008, p. 254. Nobel 2006...
Constance, Queen of Sicily, Urraca of León and Castile, Joan I of Navarre, Melisende, Queen of Jerusalem, and other queens regnant exercised political power...
in May, entering by the Jaffa Gate, where they were greeted by Queen Melisende and King Baldwin III. A conference was then held at Acre on 24 June, to...
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