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Description: | This Psalter is named after one of its owners, John Grandisson, who was bishop of Exeter from 1327 until his death in 1369. It was adapted for his use, having originally been made for someone who perhaps lived in the area of Chichester.
In the upper scene Christ rises from his tomb, while the three guards who were supposed to guard the tomb are asleep. The lower register shows a rarer scene: Christ breaking bread at the Meal at Emmaus. Each of the three figures carries a satchel--the normal medieval attribute of a pilgrim--and that on the left has three scallop shells attached (symbol of St. James, and of pilgrims to Santiago da Compostella, in Spain) a feature which reoccurs in the Psalm 38 initial. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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