25.ULUSLARARASI ORTAÇAĞ VE TÜRK DÖNEMİ KAZILARI VE SANAT TARİHİ ARAŞTIRMALARI
THE PROPHECIES OF DAVID ABOUT JESUS IN THE MARGINAL PSALTER MANUSCRIPTS OF THE BYZANTINE PERIOD
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Necmettin Erbakan Üniversitesi Yayınları
It is known that manuscripts on various subjects were produced or already existing works were copied in the period from the foundation of the Byzantine Empire to its period of dissolution. Some of the manuscripts, most of which are religous works such as the Old and New Testaments, are also illustrated. With the beginning of the iconoclast period, depictions were banned throughout the Empire, and this negatively affected the architectural decoration programs and the production of illustrated manuscripts. Hovewer, with the beginning of the Middle Byzantine Period and Macedonian Dynasty, the named as Macedonian Renaissance began; The empire experienced many changes in the field of military, architecture and art, and monasteries came top the forefront. In this period, monasteries became centers that produced manuscripts in a master-apprentice relationship beyond being a religious institution. Psalms, also known as the Psalter, constitutes a part of the religiousthemed manuscripts produced within the monastery tradition. In the Psalters, it is seen that many Old Testament prophets such as Adam, David, Habakkuk, Moses, Jonah and Joseph are depicted, as well as Jesus due to the connection established with the New Testament with the Christological interpretation of the Psalms. Some of the compositions about Jesus in the Psalms are about the prophecy or predictions that David made by referring to the coming king, in a word Jesus. In this study, “David’s Prophecy of the Resurrection of Jesus”, “David’s Prophecy of the Annunciation to Mary”, “Daniel’s Dream” and “David’s Prophecy of the Sovereignty of Jesus” depicted in various Psalters compositions will be presented. The scenes to be analyzed iconographically, considering the verses in the Psalms, the connections with Jesus through the New Testament will also be revealed. In addition to this, similiar scenes in the Psalms produced between the 9th-11th centuries will be examined, and thus, it will be sought to answer the questions of whether the monastery workshops follow a common pattern in these compositions, to what extent the artist’s personal interpretation has an effect on the scene, and ultimately how the wishes of the orderer are reflected in the depiction.