A kathisma, literally, 'seat', is a division of the Psalter, used in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches. The word may also describe a hymn sung at Matins, a seat used in monasti
Page from the Tomić Psalter, Bulgarian, 1360.
Wooden kathismata at the old Orthodox church in Sarajevo. The taller kathisma with gilded baldachin is for the bishop.
Christ Pantocrator mosaic from Hagia Sophia 2744 x 2900 pixels 3.1 MB
A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of h
Kathisma
…A kathisma (Greek: κάθισμα; Church Slavonic: каѳисма, romanized: kafisma), literally, 'seat', is a division of the Psalter, used in the Eastern Orthodox and Byzantine Rite Catholic churches. The word may also describe a hymn sung at Matins, a seat used in monastic churches…
Carolingian Psalter (facsimile)
Folio 15b of the Utrecht Psalter illustrates Psalm 27
The Mudil Psalter, the oldest complete psalter in the Coptic language, Coptic Museum, Egypt, Coptic Cairo
Initials from the beginning of psalms in the St. Albans Psalter.