Leaf from Helmarshausen Psalter: Christ on the Cross with Mary and Saint John
This small volume of psalms was created for the private use of a noble lady, probably a relative of Duke Henry the Lion (1129-1195). It was made at Helmarshausen, the same monastery that produced the sumptuous Gospels of Henry the Lion, which sold at auction in 1983 for nearly...
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Abbey of Helmarshausen, made for Matilda, duchess of Saxony [depicted on fol. 6v], eldest daughter of King Henry II of England and his queen, Eleanor [St. Modoaldus, Bishop of Trier, in calendar in gold and in litany; Relics moved to Helmarshausen in 1107; St. Meinmulf, Bishop of Paderborn, founder of Helmarshausen abbey]; Petrus Grillinger, Chamberlain of the Archbishop of Salzburg, 1430 [mode of acquisition unknown] [on fol. 126v, ""Hic liber fuit Domini petri Grillimger Magistri Kamere Curie Salzbu""]; Leon Gruel, prior to 1903 [mode of acquisition unknown] [bookplate of Gruel and Engelmann, no. 136]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, June 9, 1903, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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