The Harley Psalter

This is a fascinating study of the making of the Harley Psalter, an illustrated manuscript that was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury in the mid eleventh century. Through meticulous observation of over seventy drawings, William Noel analyzes how the artists and scribes interacted with their exemplars in the making of the manuscript. He demonstrates how the Harley Psalter is undoubtedly a crucial work for understanding the development of art, script and book making during the "golden age" of book illumination.