Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research
1000 East University Avenue
Department 4036
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-3898
Fax: 307-766-3700
Email: humanities@uwyo.edu
Funded Projects, February 2014
The “Psalter of Guy of Dampierre” (Royal Library of Belgium, MS 10607) is so called because of eleven shields bearing the heraldry of the Count of Flanders, Guy of Dampierre (r. 1278-1305), and over forty blazons attributable to contemporary Flemish nobles. Some of the shields are interspersed among the Flemish proverbs and animal fables pictured in the margins, for which the Dampierre Psalter is especially known. Given the repainted state of some shields, however, doubts have been expressed concerning the Count’s ownership of the psalter. My study compares the uses of heraldry and marginalia in the Dampierre Psalter to manuscripts by the same illuminators to those connected to Guy’s family, allowing for reassessment of the Count’s audience. In considering the body of illuminated manuscripts surrounding the psalter’s production, my study explores a broader framework for reception through the lenses of the Count’s historical moment and his family’s reaching influence.
Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research
1000 East University Avenue
Department 4036
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-766-3898
Fax: 307-766-3700
Email: humanities@uwyo.edu