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Stuttgart Psalter
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Stuttgart Psalter, f.3v
Stuttgart Psalter, f.5v
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Stuttgart Psalter, f.13
Stuttgart Psalter, f.21v
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Stuttgart Psalter, f.48
Stuttgart Psalter, f.70v
Stuttgart Psalter, f.71v
Stuttgart Psalter, f.90v
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Stuttgart Psalter, f.138
Stuttgart Psalter, f.150v
Stuttgart Psalter, f.158v
RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY
Old Testament
Further details
ARTIST/CREATOR: St-Germain-des-Prés (Paris)
DATE: 1st half 9th century
LOCATION: Stuttgart, Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.bibl.fol. 23
The Stuttgart Psalter portrays what appears to be a helmet with a mail curtain, this seems the most likely interpretation of the “helmum cum hasbergha.” "Carolingian Arms and Armor in the Ninth Century" by Simon Coupland, in Viator: Medieval and Renaissance Studies v.21 (1990)
