Stowe 2 (Psalter)
The Stowe Psalter (British Library Stowe manuscripts, Stowe MS 2, also known as ''Spelman Psalter'' or ''King Alfred's Psalter'') is a psalter from the "2nd or 3rd quarter of the 11th century", at the end of Anglo-Saxon art. The text includes the Latin Psalters#Versio Gallicana, Gallican version of the Psalms, followed by the Canticles with an interlinear Old English language, Old English gloss. Description This Psalter is closely related to the Tiberius Psalter (British Library Cotton MS. Tiberius C.VI). Both Psalters have identical prayers added to the end of each psalm. The Psalters also each have large initial "B"s, Beatus initials, at the beginning of Psalm 1 which closely resemble each other in form. The Anglo-Saxon glosses appear to have been written at the same time as the Latin text. There are 180 extant vellum folios. The folios are 220 by 180 mm, with the text being written in an area of 225 by 120 mm. In its current binding there are two vellum flyleaves t ...
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