Burnet Psalter
Saint Anthony
- Folio 24r, Commemorations of the Saints
- (c. 1400–1450), tempera colors, gold paint, silver paint, and ink on parchment
- 12.1 x 8.2 in. (30.5 x 20.7 cm.)
- Marischal College, Aberdeen University
- 456 x 664 (111 KB)
Editor’s Note:
Psalters were intended for private use by monks, nuns and lay people. They were also used as an aid in teaching children to read. A single volume psalter generally contained a cycle of calendar pages, used for calculating feast days and commemorating the lives of the saints, the psalms themselves, and a collection of canticles and creeds. The decoration usually consisted of miniatures preceding the text and decorated initials at the main divisions in the text.
A close up of the image is shown below.
