The Ingeborg Psalter is a late 12th century

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now housed in the

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. It was created about 1195 in northern

for Ingeborg of Denmark, wife of King

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. It is unknown who commissioned the Psalter for Ingeborg, but it may have been commissioned by either

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. It is one of the most significant surviving examples of early

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. The

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was prayerbook for private devotionals and contains a calendar, the 150

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plus other liturgical texts. There are 200 extent folios. The text is written in an early Gothic minuscule.

External links

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Link to the manuscript in its entirety on the IRHT website

Jesse Tree: Ingeborg Psalter on "All About Mary"
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