{{Infobox manuscript | name = Potocki Psalter | location = National Library of Poland | image = Psałterz wilanowski 01.jpg | Also known as = Wilanow Psalter | Type = codex, psalter | Date = between 1225 and 1250 | Place of origin = Paris | Language(s) = Latin, French | Size = 15,5x10,5 cm, 170 leaves | Accession = Rps 8003 I<ref name="polona">.{{cite web |url = https://polona.pl/item-view/abac32a7-bb2a-4f4b-bab9-53df29deffb7 |title = Potocki Psalter | website = Polona |publisher = National Library of Poland | language = pl |access-date = 2024-06-13 }}</ref> | Contents = }} '''Potocki Psalter''' (''Wilanów Psalter'') is an illuminated French psalter from 13th century.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}}
The psalter was produced in Paris between 1225 and 1250, probably to be used in northern France.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}}{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} At the beginning of the 19th century it probably was purchased in Paris for Stanisław Kostka Potocki's Wilanów Library.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} In 1932 or 1933 the Branicki family donated the book to the National Library of Poland together with the Wilanów collection.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}}{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} In 1939 it was evacuated to Canada and returned to Poland in 1959.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}}{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at a permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth.<ref name="bn-open">{{cite web |url= https://bn.org.pl/en/news/5313-palace-of-the-commonwealth-open-to-visitors.html |title= Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors |date= 2024-05-28 |publisher= National Library of Poland |access-date= 2024-06-11}}</ref>{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}}
The psalter is written in Latin and French on quality parchment in careful Gothic minuscule in one column.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} It contains 170 leaves, measuring 15,5x10,5 cm.<ref name="polona" />
The manuscript is regarded as one of the best works of Paris studios in the early Gothic period.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} It originally contained ten full-page miniatures depicting events from the life of Christ, but they were so valuable that some of them were cut out and are now in foreign museums.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}} The copy in the National Library of Poland contains four miniatures: ''The Betrayal'', ''Christ’s entry into Jerusalem'', ''The Three Maries at the Tomb'', and ''The Flagellation''.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=80–81}} ''The Crucifixion'' is now at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and ''The Adoration of the Magi'', ''The Offering in the Temple'', ''The Flight to Egypt'' and ''The Baptism'' are in R.E. Hart's collection at the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} The manuscript is also ornamented with six figurative initials, small calligraphic initials and colourful interlines.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}} The initials and miniatures were done by two different artists.{{sfn|More precious than gold|2003|loc=section ″The Wilanów Psalter″}}
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==Bibliography== * {{cite book |editor-first1=Tomasz |editor-last1= Makowski | editor-link1=Tomasz Makowski (librarian) | editor-first2= Patryk| editor-last2 = Sapała |date=2024 |publication-place=Warsaw |publisher= National Library of Poland|title=The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth}} * {{cite book |editor-first1=Halina |editor-last1= Tchórzewska-Kabata | editor-first2= Maciej| editor-last2 = Dąbrowski |date=2003 |translator-first1=Janina |translator-last1=Dorosz |publication-place=Warsaw |publisher= National Library of Poland|title=More precious than gold. Treasures of the Polish National Library (electronic version) |isbn = 83-7009-402-3|url=https://www.bn.org.pl/download/document/1236004326.pdf |ref = {{harvid|More precious than gold|2003}}}}
== External links == {{Commons category|Wilanów Psalter|Potocki Psalter}} * ''[https://polona.pl/item-view/abac32a7-bb2a-4f4b-bab9-53df29deffb7 Potocki Psalter]'' at the Polona digital library
Category:13th-century illuminated manuscripts Category:Manuscripts in the National Library of Poland