MINIATURIST, Hungarian
(active mid 13th century)

Psalter of St Margaret of the House Árpád

1259-61
Illumination on parchment
Herzog-August-Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel

Similarly to other Psalters, the first initial B of the text of the first psalm is the most beautifully decorated lettes of the manuscript. In the upper part the half-figure of Christ, in the lower King David palying the harph can be seen. The Hungarian miniaturist alloyed Byzantine, Romanesque elements reaching an individual style.

The first owner of the codex was Margaret, daughter of King Béla IV, a nun later canonized.