# Psalter of Saint Louis [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, French]() - Date: 1251-1300 - Technique: Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 10525\), 210 x 145 mm ## Commentary Psalter of Saint Louis 1260s Manuscript \(Ms. lat. 10525\), 210 x 145 mm Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris The Psalter of St Louis has 78 full-page miniatures on heavy parchment, narrating biblical events prior to King David, from Cain and Abel to the coronation of Saul. It was intended for the king's own private prayer in the palace chapel, Sainte-Chapelle, built in Paris in 1243-48. The miniature on folio 10r illustrates the sacrifice of Isaac, one of the most familiar Old Testament scenes of sacrifice. It was regarded as the prefiguration of the sacrificial death of Christ. ## Related artworks - [A History of Western Saints]() - [Antiphoner]() - [Aristotle: De Interpretazione]() - [Aristotle: Works]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Augustinus Hipponensis: Quaestiones et locutiones in Heptateuchum]() - [Beatus of Liébana: Commentary on the Apocalypse]() - [Belleville Breviary]() - [Bible Historiale]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() - [Bible moralisée, part I.]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()