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Queen Mary Psalter

(1310-1320)

British Library Royal 2 B VII

Available at http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/illuminatedmanuscripts/record.asp?MSID=6467&CollID=16&NStart=20207

These images are reproduced from the British Library's Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts, as per their guidelines which can be found here.

The MID is grateful for their goodwill in allowing such free distribution of these images

Folio 71v Harper at royal feast	Folio 83 Goatherds, one playing a flageolet, the other a strange curved instrument with a mouthpiece at the side (perhaps horn?).	Folio 85 David playing harp, with dove inspiring (note book in front of him – writing them down?)
Folio 85v Hunter, blowing horn.	Folio 112 Shepherds visited by angel, one with bagpipe.	Folio 125v Trumpet, harp, mandora, and fiddle.
Folio 126 Portable organ and double pipes.	Folio 150 David, with God watching over, pointing at mouth; hunting scene with mounted horn-blower.	Folio 152v Mounted horn-blower in hunt.
Folio 154v Horn-blower in hunt.	Folio 155 Horn-blower in hunt	Folio 168v Feast, with rebec player. Angels playing instruments in surrounding niches – two more rebecs, trumpet, psaltery, and two mandoras.
Folio 170v Horn blower, hunting scene.	Folio 171v Horn blower, hunting scene.	Folio 172v Horn-blower in hunting scene.
Folio 174 Mandora player, and fiddle/rebec.

Folio 174v Hunting scene with two horn blowers	Folio 176 Apes playing tambourine and trumpet.	Folio 177 Nun playing psaltery, monk playing mandora.
Folio 179 Two trumpeters, and musician with cymbals.	Folio 180 Two apes, one playing harp (with eight strings), one playing fiddle/rebec .	Folio 182 Two women playing tambourines.
Folio 184v Fiddler/rebec player.	Folio 189 Mandora player.	Folio 190v Illuminated initial, with King David striking a row of five bells with hammers.
Folio 191 Mermaids, one with harp, one with trumpet.	Folio 191v Hybrid creatures playing harp (eight strings, left hand perhaps tuning?) and trumpet.	Folio 192 Hybrids playing mandora and bagpipe
Folio 192v Hybrid playing mandora, ape playing trumpet.	Folio 193 Hybrids playing psaltery and fiddle/rebec.	Folio 193v Hybrids playing double pipes and portable organ.
Folio 194 Animals playing trumpet and tabor.

Folio 194v Monkey playing trumpet.	Folio 195v Hybrids playing tambourines.	Folio 196 Hybrids playing trumpet and rebec (at the knees)
Folio 197 Musicians, one with bagpipes, one with tabor.	Folio 198 Two women playing trumpets.	Folio 201 Two trumpet players.
Folio 203 Mandora and fiddle/rebec .	Folio 203v Harper at feast.	Folio 211v Illuminated initial, with three singers at lectern.
Folio 229 Choir of virgins singing to St Dunstan at Canterbury, with angel accompanying on mandora.	Folio 284 Illuminated initial, with Miriam hitting tambourine while Moses beseeches God in cloud.	Folio 301v Mary Magdalene in heaven, being played to by angels on mandora and rebec .
Folio 302v Two angels with trumpets awaken the dead.	Folio 303v Angel playing mandora, and another on fiddle.	Folio 304 Angel with trumpet (middle of lower line).

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