{"product_id":"the-st-albans-psalter-kristen-collins-9781606061459","title":"The St. Albans Psalter: Painting and Prayer in Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe St. Albans Psalter is one of the most important, famous, and puzzling books produced in twelfth-century England. It was probably created between 1120 and 1140 at St. Albans Abbey, located on the site where Alban, England's first saint, was martyred. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe manuscript's powerfully drawn figures and saturated colors are distinct from those in previous Anglo-Saxon painting and signal the arrival of the Romanesque style of illumination in England. Although most twelfth-century prayer books were not illustrated, the St. Albans Psalter includes more than 40 fullpage illuminations and over 200 historiated initials. Decorated with gold and precious colors, the psalter offers a display unparalleled by any other English manuscript to survive from the period. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2007 the St. Albans Psalter was removed from its binding and in 2012 the disbound leaves traveled to the J. Paul Getty Museum, where scholars, conservators, and scientists conducted a close examination. New evidence revealed here challenges several prevailing assumptions about this richly illuminated manuscript. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe St. Albans Psalter\u003c\/i\u003e is published on the occasion of the exhibition \u003ci\u003eCanterbury and St. Albans: Treasures from Church and Cloister\u003c\/i\u003e on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum from September 20, 2013, to February 2, 2014.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kristen Collins, Peter Kidd, Nancy K. Turner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1606061453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781606061459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Paul Getty Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 7.80w x 0.30d","brand":"Kristen Collins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44173234569471,"sku":"9781606061459","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_92c2c5e3-39e7-4f9d-8682-6c3a9cd649a8.jpg?v=1689791728","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-st-albans-psalter-kristen-collins-9781606061459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}