Iconography

RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY

Old Testament / Genesis / Cain and Abel / Death of Abel (Gen. 4:8)
Old Testament / Genesis / Cain and Abel / Abel's soul taken up to heaven (non-biblical)
Old Testament / Genesis / Cain and Abel / God confronting Cain (Gen. 4:8-15)
Old Testament / Genesis / Noah / The Flood (Gen. 6:1-9:17) / Noah sends forth the raven and the dove - in one composition
Old Testament / Genesis / Noah / Drunkenness of Noah (Gen. 9:20-27) / Noah planting the vineyard (Gen. 9:20)
Old Testament / Genesis / Noah / Drunkenness of Noah (Gen. 9:20-27) / The drunken Noah with his sons (Gen. 9:22-23)
Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / Abraham and Lot, Melchisedech / Abraham gives tithes to Melchisedech (Gen. 14:20)
Old Testament / Genesis / Abraham and Isaac / The sacrifice of Isaac / The angel stays Abraham's sword and points to the ram
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob / Isaac's Blessing (Gen. 27) / Isaac blessing Jacob as firstborn (Gen. 27:18-29)
Old Testament / Genesis / Jacob / Jacob's dream of the ladder (Gen. 28:11-22) / Jacob sees in his dream the angels ascending and descending the ladder (Gen. 28:12-15)
Old Testament / Genesis / Joseph / Joseph sold into slavery (Gen. 37:28)
Old Testament / Genesis / Joseph / Joseph and Pharaoh (Gen. 41) / In the years of dearth, Pharaoh sends the Egyptians to Joseph (Ite ad Joseph), who opens the storehouses (Gen. 41:54-57)
Old Testament / Psalms / Cycles / The Utrecht Psalter and related manuscripts / Paris Psalter - original drawings

Further details

row 1: Death of Abel; God charging Cain; Ark; row 2: Noah grows wine; Drunkennes sof Noah; Abraham and Melchisedech; row 3: Sacrifice of Isac; Blessing of Jacob; Jacob's Ladder; Row 4: Joseph thrown in cistern; Joseph sold; Joseph administrating the granaries of Egypt

Artist or creator

Canterbury (Christ Church)

Date

1180 - 1200

Location

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 8846

Book, text or document (source of image)

Folio: 1v.

Notes on photograph

Bibliographic Citation

Henri Omont, Psautier illustré (XIIIe siècle). Reproduction des 107 miniatures du manuscrit Latin 8846 de la Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris 1906, plate 2

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