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The Peterborough Psalter is a name given to two different illuminated manuscripts
psalter
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 hours in the Late Middle Ages, psalters we ...
s produced in the scriptorium of
Peterborough Abbey
Peterborough Cathedral, properly the Cathedral Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Andrew – also known as Saint Peter's Cathedral in the United Kingdom – is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Peterborough, dedicated to Saint Peter, Saint Pau ...
. One, from the early 13th century, is now in the
Fitzwilliam Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum is the art and antiquities museum of the University of Cambridge. It is located on Trumpington Street opposite Fitzwilliam Street in central Cambridge. It was founded in 1816 under the will of Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Vis ...
, Cambridge; the other, from the early 14th century, in the
Royal Library of Belgium
The Royal Library of Belgium (french: Bibliothèque royale de Belgique, nl, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, abbreviated ''KBR'' and sometimes nicknamed in French or in Dutch) is the national library of Belgium. The library has a history t ...
.
Cambridge
The Peterborough Psalter in Cambridge was perhaps produced for
Robert of Lindsey, abbot of Peterborough 1214–1222.
Brussels
The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels was produced for Abbot
Godfrey of Croyland (died 1321).
References
Illuminated psalters
13th-century illuminated manuscripts
14th-century illuminated manuscripts
Manuscripts of the Fitzwilliam Museum
Manuscripts in the Royal Library of Belgium
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