Tickhill Psalter

Summary

The Tickhill Psalter is a fourteenth-century illuminated manuscript. The psalter is illustrated with scenes from the life of King David, and is now kept in the New York Public Library.

Tickhill Psalter
New York Public Library
Psalm 26 of the Tickhill Psalter.
Psalm 26 of the Tickhill Psalter.
TypeIlluminated manuscript
Datecirca 1310
Place of originTickhill, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Author(s)John de Tickhill
MaterialParchment
Size32.7 x 22.1 cm.
Previously keptWorksop Priory

History edit

Created in circa 1310, the manuscript was originally part of the library of the Worksop Priory in Nottinghamshire, but is now kept in the New York Public Library.[1] The name most likely derives from the fact that it was produced by the Worksop prior John de Tickhill, who likely came from the nearby South Yorkshire town of Tickhill.

In 1943, Donald Drew Egbert was awarded the fourth-ever Haskins Medal by the Medieval Academy of America for his book on the Tickhill Psalter titled The Tickhill Psalter and Related Manuscripts, which was published by the New York Public Library. Dorothy Miner reviewed the publication in the American Journal of Archaeology in that year.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Tickhill Psalter".
  2. ^ Miner, Dorothy (1943). "Reviewed work: The Tickhill Psalter and Related Manuscripts, A School of Manuscript Illumination in England during the Early Fourteenth Century, Donald Drew Egbert". American Journal of Archaeology. 47 (4): 513–518. doi:10.2307/499847. JSTOR 499847.

External links edit

  • New York Public Library profile