The Tiberius Psalter, c.1050; Winchester. The Harrowing of Hell, from an influential prefatory cycle of Psalter illustrations of the lives of Christ and David. Its tinted drawings exhibit the manneristic tendencies of late Anglo-Saxon art. The 'Harrowing' was a popular English theme and an inspiration for early liturgical drama. (BL Shelfmark Cotton MS Tiberius C.VI,f.14.)