Besides the gospels, the Psalter would have been well known. Monastics
sang the whole Psalter, & book of hours have portions (in the various
offices, but also in the Penitential Psalms & Gradual Psalms).
I just went to an exhibition of medieval ivory carvings at the Walters
Art Gallery. One interesting aspect for me was the standard repertoire of
images from the Nativity and the Passion / Resurrection cycles. Certain
stories were illustrated consistently, others fair frequently, while yet
others showed up only once or twice.
tom izbicki
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
|