MINIATURIST, German
(active c. 1200)

Illustration to a Psalter

c. 1200
Illumination on parchment, 17 x 11 cm
Biblioteca Apostolica, Vatican

This miniature representing the Virgin and Child with Saints is the sole illustration to a psalter made for the use of a nun in a Middle Rhenish convent. It contains instructions written in Old German how to use images for private devotion.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 3 minutes):
Hildegard of Bingen: O frondens Virga