A psalter and hours executed before 1270 for a lady connected with St. Louis, probably his sister Isabelle of France, founder of the Abbey of Longchamp
Subtitle: now in the collection of Henry Yates Thompson
By: described by S.C. Cockerell in relation to the companion psalter of St. Louis in Paris ; with photogravures of all the miniatures by Emery Walker.
Contributors: Thompson, Henry Yates, 1838-1928.; Walker, Emery, Sir, 1851-1933.
Publisher: Chiswick Press
Published: 1905
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Isabella psalter.; Illumination of books and manuscripts, Gothic -- France.
Other titles: Isabella psalter.; Psalter and hours of Isabelle of France.
Notes: Half title: The psalter and hours of Isabelle of France.
The Isabella psalter is now in Cambridge University (Ms. Fitzwilliam 300).
For a more recent discussion of the ms. and different identification of the Isabella for whom it was made, cf. Manuscript painting in Paris during the reign of Saint Louis / Robert Branner. c1977.