THEODORE PSALTERİ (British Library Add Ms 19352) İsa'nın Yaşam Döngüsü Sahneleri

Abstract

The Psalter of Theodore, characterised as a marginal psalter, is one of the richest surviving liturgical manuscripts among Byzantine manuscripts, which is understood to have been produced in the Stoudios Monastery in Constantinople through a colophon. Although this manuscript was produced in the aftermath of the iconoclastic debates, it is enriched with pictures that support the views of the iconophiles and are thought to carry propaganda purposes. Within the scope of the thesis, information on the production process of manuscripts, the importance of Byzantine monasticism and writing, the historical importance and contributions of the Stoudios Monastery in this field, the political and historical situation of the period in which the manuscript was dated, the person who illustrated the manuscript, the person who commissioned the work, the person to whom the work was dedicated, etc. are included. A catalogue of the paintings of the scenes of the life cycle of Jesus in the Psalter of Theodore was made. In this catalogue, the picture-text relationship, iconographic and stylistic analysis were discussed in detail.