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Tiberius Psalter

London, British Library, MS Cotton Tiberius C.VI.

Folio 30v - King David with harp (note Holy Spirit just above in form of dove, inspiring David); two horns player with instruments of varying shape; some form of vielle player (4 strings, not rebec’s 3); along with a juggler juggling balls and knives for unknown reasons.

Folio 18v – two angels with long trumpets blowing fanfare across top of Jesus’s head

Folios 16v-18 – contain images and text on musical instruments, including King David with a psaltery, and a picture of a bell. Wormald notes two other Psalters, the Angers and Odbert, as having no preliminary pictures except that of David with musicians and these musical instruments.

Folio 10 – David with harp; with some form of trumpet coming from heaven

Folios given are included in Wormald, Francis (1984) ‘An English Eleventh-Century Psalter with Pictures, British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C. VI’ in: Alexander, J. J. G., Brown, T. J. & Gibbs, Joan (eds.). Francis Wormald: Collected Writings. Volume 1: Studies in Medieval Art from the Sixth to the Twelfth Centuries. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, pp. 123-138.

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