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	Melisende_of_jerusalem info here at en.12-year.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Baldwin raised daughter as a competent successor to himself and Melisende revel ined the substratum of the Haute Cour, a congenial of royal council comprising the nobility and clergy of the realm.
		Melisende revel ined the substratum of the abbey full on her lifetime; from her appointment as Baldwin II's successor, full on the rivalry with Fulk, and proximate when Baldwin III would spring in of age.
		Melisende's connections, singularly to her sister Hodierna, and to her niece Constance of Antioch, meant that she had downright pow in northern Syria, a priceless juncture since Baldwin had himself collapsed the treaty with Damascus in 1147.
	en.12-year.info /Melisende_of_Jerusalem (2409 words)

	Kingdom of Jerusalem Encyclopedia Article @ Principally.net (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Baldwin II was succeeded in 1131 by his daughter Melisende, who ruled jointly with her husband Fulk, the former Count of Anjou.
		Queen Melisende, now regent for her elder son, Baldwin III, appointed a new constable, Manasses of Hierges, to head the army after Fulk's death, and a Second Crusade arrived by 1147.
		Melisende continued to rule as regent long after Baldwin came of age, until her government was overthrown by Baldwin in 1153: the two agreed to split the kingdom in half, with Baldwin ruling from Acre in the north and Melisende ruling from Jerusalem in the south, but both knew that this situation was untenable.
	www.principally.net /encyclopedia/Kingdom_of_Jerusalem (6647 words)

	Melisende_of_jerusalem info here at en.1930-fashion.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		This cumulative crowning was reciprocal to Melisende's exclusive crowning with her sire in 1128, & may have reflected a growing trend to crown one's heir in the up-to-date monarch's lifetime, as demonstrated in additional compasss of that period.
		Melisende's connections, principally to her sister Hodierna, & to her niece Constance of Antioch, meant that she had bald direction in northern Syria, a priceless partnership since Baldwin had himself disintegrated the treaty with Damascus in 1147.
		Additionally, Melisende was witness to her son Amalric's connubiality to Agnes of Courtenay in 1157.
	en.1930-fashion.info /Melisende_of_Jerusalem (2487 words)

	YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> psalter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In the early Middle Ages Psalters were amongst the most popular types of manuscripts, rivaled only by the Gospel Books.
		Medieval Psalters often included canticles from the Old and New Testaments, as well as other devotional texts.
		The psalter is also a part of either the Horologion or the breviary, used to say the Liturgy of the Hours in the Eastern and Western Christian worlds respectively.
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	melisend.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Melisende was the daughter of the king of the Frankish kingdom of Jerusalem and his Armenian wife.
		While Melisende's supporters urged the Franks to take account of her efficient administration and ability to rule, it was Baldwin who held the right to rule.
		Melisende's burial place is at the Kidron valley, at the foot of mount olives, next to the grave of virgin Mary...
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	Kingdom of Jerusalem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Baldwin II was succeded by his daughter Melisende in 1131, along with her husband Fulk.
		During Melisende's reign Jerusalem exercised its greatest economic and artistic expansion, with the Melisende Psalter commissioned between 1135 and 1143.
		This was in direct opposition to the advice Queen Melisende and constable Manassas gave, as they and other Crusader states saw Aleppo as the main target that would allow the recapture of Edessa.
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	Showcases :: Queen Melisende's Psalter
		Melisende (1105 – c.1160) and her husband Fulk V of Anjou became joint rulers of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem in 1131.
		This richly decorated psalter, whose original binding incorporated panels of ivory carved with scenes from the life of David, was made for her in the scriptorium of the Holy Sepulchre.
		Though Queen Melisende's Psalter is probably not the earliest manuscript preserved from the Crusader Kingdom, it represents Crusading illumination of the early period at its best.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/euromanuscripts/melispsalter.html (325 words)

	Melisende of Jerusalem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Baldwin chose Fulk V of Anjou, a renowned crusader and military commander, and in the future the paternal grandfather of Henry Plantagenet (Fulk's son of previous marriage, Geoffrey was in these same years married to Empress Matilda, Henry I of England's designated heir as England's next Queen regnant).
		In 1144 the Crusader state of Edessa was besieged in a border war that threatened its survival.
		Additionally, Melisende was witness to her son Amalric's marriage to Agnes of Courtenay in 1157.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Melisende_of_Jerusalem (2248 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kingdom of Jerusalem
		Baldwin II was succeded in 1131 by his daughter Melisende, who ruled jointly with her husband Fulk, the former Count of Anjou.
		During their reign Jerusalem exercised its greatest economic and artistic expansion, with the Melisende Psalter commissioned between 1135 and 1143, and the expansion of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in western Gothic style completed by 1149.
		Fulk of Anjou (1092 – November 10, 1143), king of Jerusalem from 1131, was the son of Fulk IV, count of Anjou, and his wife Bertrada (who ultimately deserted her husband and became the mistress of Philip I of France).
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	Illuminated Manuscripts
		The manuscript was made in Constantinople sometime in the late ninth century, possibly as late as the early tenth.
		In these three psalters illustrations were painted in the margins near psalm verses.
		Der psalter erzbischof Egberts von Trier, Codex Gertrudianus in Cividale
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	Showcases :: Luttrell Psalter
		It is usual for the most luxurious illuminated medieval psalters to be illustrated with images of King David (the supposed author of the Psalms), and sometimes also pictures of biblical stories or images of saints.
		The Luttrell Psalter was not the first to include scenes of contemporary rustic life, but it is exceptional in their number and fascinating detail.
		The Luttrell Psalter was the work of one scribe and at least five artists, none of whose names are known.
	www.bl.uk /onlinegallery/themes/euromanuscripts/luttrellpsalter.html (1155 words)

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		In 1129 he married his daughter Melisende to Fulc, Count of Anjou, who was the father of Geoffrey Plantagenet and already sixty years of age.
		However, it was to Mary, daughter of Isabella and Conrad of Montferrat, that the barons gave the preference, and they requested the King of France to provide her with a husband.
		The specimen of ivory used as a binding for the Psalter of Melisende, daughter of Baldwin II, and preserved in the British Museum, displays a curious decoration in which are combined designs of Byzantine and Arabian art.
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		Charlemagne's daughter must call on her own magic and the power of a young Breton and a special elephant to save her father from a deadly Byzantine spell.
		Melisende, oldest daughter of Baldwin II, the king of Jerusalem, rules from 1129 to 1153, first as wife of Fulk of Anjou and then as regent to her son, with the French Lady Richild as her attendant.
		In 1302 (or 680 according to the Muslim Calendar) Halima is lost during a sandstorm and captured by a rival tribe who will force her to marry their sheik.
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	Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem (1099-1291)
		Even now, the cathedral of St. John at Beirut, built about 1130-1140 and transformed into a mosque, shows us the style of edifice reared by Western architects, its structure recalling that of the monuments of Limousin and Languedoe.
		The specimen of ivory used as a binding for the Psalter of Mélisende, daughter of Baldwin II, and preserved in the British Museum, displays a curious decoration in which are combined designs of Byzantine and Arabian art.
		But it was military architecture that reached the greatest development and probably furnished models to the West; even today the ruins of the Crac of the Knights, built by the Hospitallers, astonish the beholder by their double gallery, their massive towers, and elegant halls.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/l/latin_kingdom_of_jerusalem.html (3016 words)

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		The Eadwine Psalter was produced at Christ Church, Canterbury, around the middle of the twelth century; it is one of several Anglo-Saxon and early Norman books that show the influence of the Carolingian Utrecht Psalter, which was in Canterbury at this time.
		The psalter is accompanied by extensive introductions (here the end of one shows above the picture) and commentaries (to the left of the Gallican version).
		Het is een zogenaamd psalter of psalterium, dat wil zeggen dat het handschrift de tekst van het bijbelboek Psalmen bevat.
	dekluizenaar.mimesis.nl /index.php?s=psalters&submit=Zoek (921 words)

	An introduction to illuminated manuscripts from 1000 to 1200, by the British Library
		The Eadui Psalter, made at Canterbury in the eleventh century by one of the few Anglo-Saxon scribes who ever signed his name to his work, and containing a possible self-portrait.
		The Tiberius Psalter from eleventh-century Winchester, demonstrating a late Anglo-Saxon style where vibrancy is achieved through vivid drawing rather than use of colour.
		The Melisende Psalter, made in the twelfth century in the crusader territories of the Middle East for Queen Melisende of Jerusalem.
	prodigi.bl.uk /illcat/TourIntro3.asp (362 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Melisende Psalter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		1139), probably commissioned for but not by Queen Melisende, wife of Fulk V of Anjou, King of Jerusalem (reg 1131–43), in the scriptorium of the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (c.
		The 12 roundels with Signs of the Zodiac in the calendar (fols 13v–19r) are, however, painted in a fluent Romanesque style by a different illuminator.
		Psalter of Yolande of Soissons (New York, Pierpont Morgan Lib., MS.
	www.artnet.com /library/05/0566/T056669.ASP (1024 words)

	Melisende-Psalter \| THG Lexikon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Der Melisende-Psalter (auch: Melisande-Psalter, British Library, MS Egerton 1139) ist ein illuminierter Psalter, der in den Jahren um 1140 wahrscheinlich im Auftrag von Fulko V. von Anjou für seine Frau Melisende, die Königin von Jerusalem, angefertigt wurde.
		Der Psalter ist das bedeutendste Exemplar der Kunst aus den Kreuzfahrerstaaten, die Kunststile des römisch-katholischen Europas, des orthodoxen Byzanz und des islamischen Orients vereinte.
		Die Folios 22 bis 196 enthalten den eigentlichen Text des Psalters, der aus den Psalmversen aus der Vulgata besteht und in einer nordfranzösischen Schrift geschrieben ist.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Melisende-Psalter (585 words)

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		The pictures and texts in the Psalter of Christina of Markyate, best known as the St. Albans Psalter, document a nascent fascination with a woman’s devotional reading and visionary powers in the first half of the twelfth century.
		The St. Albans Psalter, one of the masterpieces of English Romanesque painting, includes in its prefatory cycle two paintings featuring Mary Magdalen: Christ in the house of Simon, with the Magdalen at the feet of Christ, and Mary Magdalen announcing the resurrection to the apostles.
		The twelfth century Psalter that belonged to Christina of Markyate was probably made, but with her in mind, in the men's Benedictine house at Saint Albans.
	www.haverford.edu /library/reference/mschaus/mfi/previous.html (12020 words)

	Byzantine Studies Conference: 1990 Abstracts
		Whatever the answers to these and other questions the identification of this silk on the Melisende Psalter is further testimony to the strong Byzantine tradition and its continuing presence in Crusader Jerusalem during the 12th century.
		It is also an important component in the reassessment of the patronage, dating and significance of the Melisende Psalter as a pivotal monument in the development of the art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land.
		In her writing on the Psalter, Dorothy Miner stressed its place among the well-defined group formed by the Pantokrator, Chludov, Bristol, Theodore, Barberini, Hamilton and Kiev psalters.
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	Kingdom of Jerusalem - Message Board - ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Melisende ruled as queen regnant until her government was overthrown by her son Baldwin III in 1153, but Baldwin appointed her his regent and chief advisor the next year.
		Baldwin III conquered Ascalon from the Fatimids, the last Egyptian outpost on the Palestinian coast.
		Baldwin III died mysteriously in 1162, a year after his mother Melisende, and was succeeded by his brother Amalric I. Amalric's reign was taken up with competition with Nur ad-Din and his wily some-time subordinate Saladin over control of Egypt.
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	The Word Made Visible - by Richard C. Leonard, Ph.D., Laudemont Ministries
		In the late Middle Ages, large Bibles and psalters were produced, filled with illustrations of characters and events.
		An ivory book cover for a Psalter of Queen Melisende of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem (from the 1100s) depicts acts of charity in obedience to Jesus' words, "Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me" (Matt.
		From Cyprus come two plates in raised silver showing scenes from the life of David; it is the work of Byzantine craftsmen from around 600.
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	Psalter - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Psalter : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		Psalter, psalter : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include Psalter: dawids psalter, khludov psalter, luttrell psalter, melisende psalter, metrical psalter, more...
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	Hugo Buchthal
		Buchthal was the first to organize the illuminated manuscripts produced in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem, from the twelfth-century Melisende Psalter to the later manuscripts written in Acre, into a cohesive body for discussion.
		It remains a detailed introduction to the manuscripts and a comprehensive study of Crusader miniature painting.
		Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1957; The Miniatures of the Paris Psalter: a Study in Middle Byzantine Painting.
	www.dictionaryofarthistorians.org /buchthalh.htm (886 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: St Louis Psalter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The personal nature of the book is reflected in the Calendar, which records the dates of death of his grandfather, Philip II Augustus (reg 1180–1223), his parents Louis VIII (reg 1223–6) and Blanche of Castile, and his brother, Robert I, Count of Artois (1237–50), who was killed on crusade in Egypt.
		The Psalter text is preceded by 78 miniatures illustrating the Old Testament from Genesis to Kings.
		The Old Testament scenes are set beneath architectural canopies, which show the repertory of motifs typical of the developed Rayonnant style, also evident in the southern transept of Notre-Dame.
	www.artnet.com /library/07/0751/T075133.ASP (985 words)

	Art of the Crusades - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		These indigenous styles were incorporated into styles brought by the crusaders from Europe, which were themselves highly varied, stemming from France, Italy, Germany, England, and elsewhere.
		An example of the mixture of different styles is the Melisende Psalter, an illuminated manuscript produced in the mid-12th century, perhaps for Queen Melisende of Jerusalem.
		It reflects her European and Armenian heritage, and is also influenced by Byzantine and Islamic techniques.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crusade_art (378 words)

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