The 'Melisende Psalter'

Eastern Mediterranean (Jerusalem) between 1131 and 1143

The Empty Tomb

A detail of the Guards at the Holy Sepulchre in the 'Melisende Psalter', Jerusalem, between 1131 and 1143. British Library Egerton 1139.

The manuscript is referenced as figure 732 in Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, Western Europe and the Crusader States by David Nicolle
732A-K Queen Melisende's Psalter, Kingdom of Jerusalem, 1131-43
(British Library. Ms. Egerton 1139, London, England)
A-H The Betrayal, f.7v; I - Guards at the Holy Sepulchre, f.10r; J - Sagittarius f.18v; K - decorated initial, f.23v.
The sleeping guards (I) outside the Holy Sepulchre are almost entirely Byzantine in style, partly realistic and partly archaised.

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