Illuminated Psalter, late 1100s, Byzantine, Tempera, black ink and gold on parchment, 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 x 2 in. (20.7 x 14.9 x 5.1 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Literacy was highly prized in Byzantine state, with its sophisticated secular and clerical elite proving to be enthusiatic patrons of the book arts. This manuscript, one of the approximately fifty so-called aristocratic psalters that survive from the Middle Byzantine era, demonstrates the high quality of that period's book production
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Illuminated Psalter, late 1100s, Byzantine, Tempera, black ink, gold, parchment, 8 1/8 x 5 7/8 2, 20.7 14.9 5.1 cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Literacy, highly prized, Byzantine state, sophisticated secular, clerical elite proving, enthusiatic patrons, book arts, manuscript, approximately fifty, aristocratic psalters, survive, Middle Byzantine, era, demonstrates, high quality, period, production
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