HOME SITEMAP MEDIEVAL HYPERTEXTS THEODORE PSALTER GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATIONS 2
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folio 99 v: The end of Psalm 76: 20-21
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"You led your people like a flock by the hand of
Moses and Aaron."
DESCRIPTION
This page differs significantly from the surrounding pages, with its
prevailing illustration occupying the whole page. Designed as such,
the page visually ends
the first division of the Psalter. Thematically, the illustration signifies
leadership in the line of Moses and Aaron, reminding the Stoudious
Monastery abbot about
his leadership role in the monastic community.
This full-page illustration consists of four registers of illustrations. The
whole set of illustrations is framed by two rivers paralleled by the flowing
words of the psalms, written in gold uncials. The first register of illustrations
portrays the enthroned Christ sitting and framed by two trees, and the second
illustration portrays people walking, bordered by sheep. The third register
portrays Moses carrying his staff, leading an old man and followed by sheep,
and the forth
register portrays Aaron leading a young bearded man, also followed by sheep.
INSRIPTIONS
Three red inscriptions, "Jesus Christ," "Moses," and "Aaron," identify
the figures in the illustrations.
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