Byzantine medieval hypertexts


HOME SITE MAP MEDIEVAL HYPERTEXTS THEODORE PSALTER GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS 2 © 2003 by Tatiana Nikolova-Houston. Please do not copy small portions without citation or large parts without permission.	folio 1 r: Headpiece of Psalm 1:1		TRANSLATION "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful." DESCRIPTION\ This page occurs at the beginning of the Psalter with Psalm 1. A large square headpiece, divided into nine geometrically-patterned compartments, occupies a large portion of the page. Within it, the title of the Psalm appears in an unillustrated square, stating "The First Psalm of David." Vegetal motifs occupy the corners of the headpiece, and two griffins stand at its top. The left side margin is occupied by an illustration of Christ blessing a man, with an inscription stating "Jesus Christ and the blessed." LITURGICAL USE Psalm 1 is used liturgically as an antiphon for the beginning of the Church year (September 1) and before Christmas (Dec. 24).
The images presented here come from the electronic facsimile of the Theodore Psalter produced by Professor Charles Barber of Notre Dame University, as published by the University of Illinois Press.		GENERAL INFORMATION: Home:: ::Medieval hypertexts:: ::Theodore Psalter:: ::Gallery 1:: ::Gallery 2 ADVANCED RESEARCH: Elements of hypertextuality in the page design:: ::Hypertextual Analysis: Psalm 7:: ::Psalm 25:: ::Psalm 32:: ::Function and categories of illustrations:: Conclusion