La representación de la ciudad en un manuscrito carolingio

the analysis of the miniatures in the ninth century utrecht psalter shows the originality of carolingian work where the relationship between text and image is solved by means of a particular rhetorical language. certain traits in style which in the hellenistic tradition represented mere indicators of landscapes, buildings or various other objects, now acquire a different meaning which can be understood only through a thorough interpretation of their context.in the case of representations of the city it is possible to identify different meanings assigned to iconographic themes which are consistent with established patterns.