Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The exhibition “Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” explores how deeply the Psalms shaped both religious and everyday life in the Middle Ages—more than we’ve ever realized. Very often, the Psalms were the first texts to be printed when printing presses were established across Europe, a testament to their vital role in teaching people how to read and how to pray.
Tune in to hear Roger Wieck, the Morgan's Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, discuss important volumes of the Psalms, including a ninth-century Egyptian Psalter, Augustine’s commentary on the Psalms, and how the Psalms were used in women’s education of children through a fourteenth-century Austrian copy.
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Video by SandenWolff
The exhibition “Sing a New Song: The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” explores how deeply the Psalms shaped both religious and everyday life in the Middle Ages—more than we’ve ever realized. Very often, the Psalms were the first texts to be printed when printing presses were established across Europe, a testament to their vital role in teaching people how to read and how to pray.
Tune in to hear Roger Wieck, the Morgan's Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, discuss important volumes of the Psalms, including a ninth-century Egyptian Psalter, Augustine’s commentary on the Psalms, and how the Psalms were used in women’s education of children through a fourteenth-century Austrian copy.
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Video by SandenWolff
