The Breslau Psalter
Canticles, Te Deum, Quicumque vult
Texts and Images
The ten Canticles commonly found in medieval Psalters (songs of praise, extracted from the Old Testament and from St Luke’s Gospel, and recited daily like the Psalms), the hymn Te Deum and the Athanasian Creed (Quicumque vult) received small miniatures in the borders beside the relevant texts.
Small miniatures with Isaiah and Ezekiel (Canticles)
The first miniature introduces the Canticle of Isaiah and shows him kneeling under a sword held by the divine hand. The miniature below opens the Canticle of Ezekiel and shows him in bed and looking up to the rays of divine presence, as Isaiah looks on.