Defensive Addenda to the Problem of the Utrecht Psalter
Dimitri Tselos
My “retirement” around 1960 from research in early mediaeval art order to concentrate on some problems modern which I had been cultivating collaterally for the past thirty years was disturbed first by belated and mysterious appearance of Wormald's booklet then Engelbregt's recent book Utrecht Psalter—both challenging my views origin its style iconography.1 In an Appendix small that famous manuscript commented reluctantly inadequately former publication.2 The latter would have disposed a brief review as being unworthy extended evaluation, but since it has semi-official publication commemorating “critically” reviewing century scholarly investigation nature psalter decided take this opportunity reveal new evidence will, hope, silence any future attempts at proving miniatures were original creations ninth century. First shall on...
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