Art Institute of Chicago
Cycle of Old and New Testament Images, Possibly Prefatory Cycle for a Psalter
Northern France or Flanders
- Date
- c. 1250 (bound 2003)
- Medium
- Manuscript with 58 full-page miniatures on parchment, with gothica textualis inscriptions in red (probably post-production addition) and black in French and Latin (only on ff. 9v-10r), ruled in graphite, with 2 (modern) fly leaves upper and lower cover, and with trimmed edges and modern cardboard binding
- Culture
- Northern France
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
Altogether six miniatures in this small volume chronicle the story of Noah as an exemplar of virtue and trust: on the left, Noah helps his family escape the flood; on the right, a dove with an olive leaf signifies their deliverance. Such full-page miniatures that served as the primary means of relaying the story, without text, also served as reminders of proper and improper behavior. They probably once prefaced a psalter, or book of Psalms, which both lay and religious communities recited on a daily basis.
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- Object type
- AAT300028051
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