{"id":8103,"date":"2020-01-16T09:33:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-16T08:33:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?p=8103"},"modified":"2021-02-15T18:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T17:28:06","slug":"luttrell-psalter-treasure-medieval-imagination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/luttrell-psalter-treasure-medieval-imagination\/","title":{"rendered":"The Luttrell Psalter: A Treasure of Medieval Imagination"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1-750x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1-750x178.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1-300x71.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1-768x182.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-05-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With over<strong> 600 extensively illuminated pages<\/strong>, the&nbsp;<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Luttrell Psalter (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/facsimiles\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile\" target=\"_blank\">Luttrell Psalter<\/a><\/strong> depicts medieval life with lively images. Creative, imaginative and even bizarre <strong>miniatures<\/strong>&nbsp;embellish the manuscript with&nbsp;<strong>bright colors<\/strong>,&nbsp;<strong>gold and silver<\/strong>. Now preserved at the&nbsp;<strong>British Library in London<\/strong>, the codex was made around the years 1320-40 in&nbsp;<strong>Lincolnshire<\/strong>&nbsp;and represents an exceptional example of&nbsp;<strong>English Gothic illumination<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Luttrell Psalter: A Rich Manuscript for the Lord Geoffrey Luttrell<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Psalter is named after its original owner&nbsp;<strong>Geoffrey Luttrell<\/strong>&nbsp;(1276-1345), whose figure appears in the codex. Geoffrey Luttrell was&nbsp;<strong>lord of Irnham<\/strong>, in Lincolnshire and his lands extended across England. Geoffrey Luttrell inherited the lands of his ancestors who worked at the court of&nbsp;<strong>King John<\/strong>&nbsp;and received properties for their services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8237\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8237\" class=\"wp-image-8237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-COPIA.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8136\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8136\" class=\"wp-image-8136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-09-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2-750x500.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8137\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8137\" class=\"wp-image-8137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-07-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He owned estates in&nbsp;<strong>Yorkshire<\/strong>, Lincolnshire,&nbsp;<strong>Nottinghamshire<\/strong>, and Leicestershire. It has been suggested that the emphasis of the manuscript on <strong>natural landscapes<\/strong> could be connected to the lands that <strong>Lord Luttrell<\/strong>&nbsp;might have often seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The illustrations might even celebrate actual events, like <strong>the building of a watermill<\/strong> that Luttrell constructed at&nbsp;<strong>Bridgeford<\/strong>. The manuscript displays portraits of <strong>fashionable noblemen<\/strong> probably featuring the family that owned the manuscript.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block-hl aligncenter\"><span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span>Last year at the <strong>International Congress on Medieval Studies<\/strong> in Kalamazoo, we turned the creatures of the <strong>Luttrell Psalter<\/strong> turned into fantastic <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FacsimileFinder\/status\/1145621022663688192?s=20\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>medieval tattoos<\/strong><\/a>!<span class=\"block-hl-line\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8238\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8238\" class=\"wp-image-8238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-01.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-01-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tatuaggio1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"593\" height=\"593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tatuaggio1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8239\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8239\" class=\"wp-image-8239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tatuaggio1.jpg 593w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/tatuaggio1-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 593px) 100vw, 593px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Humorous and Bizarre Figures Entertain the Readers of the Psalms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1-750x1125.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/luttrell-psalter-facsimile-edition-14-1.jpg 776w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The style of the miniatures suggests that the manuscript was made <strong>between 1320 and 1340<\/strong>. The&nbsp;Luttrell Psalter&nbsp;represents <strong>a masterpiece of&nbsp;English illumination,&nbsp;<\/strong>and the decoration of the codex is remarkable for the exquisitely detailed miniatures of <strong>everyday life<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The scenes show an unparalleled&nbsp;<strong>sense of humor<\/strong>&nbsp;representing vivid scenes of<strong> beasts and humans<\/strong> engaged in a variety of activities. <strong>Acrobats<\/strong> and stilt walkers,&nbsp;<strong>grotesque figures<\/strong>, hybrids of man and beast stalk the margins. Turning the pages we see a woman who feeds chicken, men cooking and eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wrestlers<\/strong>, <strong>bear baiters<\/strong>, dancers, musicians, a <strong>bishop<\/strong> with a dog that jumps through a hoop, a woman beating her husband with a spinning rod, and two men slinging a hammock are all scenes visible in the <strong>text of the Psalms<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>Luttrell Psalter<\/strong>&nbsp;is exceptional for the inventiveness and number of its humorous and charming decorations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/facsimile-edition-02-1-750x750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/facsimile-edition-02-1-750x750.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"8240\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=8240\" class=\"wp-image-8240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/facsimile-edition-02-1-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.facsimilefinder.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/facsimile-edition-02-1-300x300.jpg 300w, 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