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Pictures of the clergy in the Theodore Psalter

Pictures of the clergy in the Theodore Psalter

By Christopher Walter

Revue des études byzantines, Vol.31 (1973)

Abstract: The way of representing clerical dress and attributes in Londin. Add. 19352 is first considered analytically. Comparison with Vatican, gr. 1613 shows that the artist has a more precise and standardized way of representing the different ranks of the hierarchy in Londin. Add. 19352. In consequence details of dress and attributes have become for him a means of communication, such that an addition or omission may modify the significance of a miniature.

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