Kalendarium, Psalterium (Vatican, BAV, Pal. lat. 39)

David accompanied by musicians, f. 44v.

Colloquial name(s): Kalendarium, Psalterium (in English: Calendar, Psalter)

Official name(s): Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Palatini latini 39

Date: second quarter (calendar) and second third (psalter) of 11th Century (source)

Origin: Lorsch, Germany (calendar) and Alsace (?), France (psalter) (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliotheca Laureshamensis Digital

The Tiberius Psalter (BL Cotton MS Tiberius C VI)

Goliath, with Philistines fleeing behind him, f. 9r.

Colloquial name(s): the Tiberius Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI

Date: between the 3rd quarter of 11th Century and the 2nd half of the 12th Century (source)

Origin: possibly Old Minster, Winchester, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

The Eadui Psalter, aka the Arundel Psalter (BL Arundel 155)

David kills Goliath, f. 93r.

Colloquial name(s): the Eadui Psalter, the Arundel Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Arundel 155

Date: between 1012 and 1023 (source)

Origin: Benedictine cathedral priory of Christ Church, Canterbury, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

The Shaftesbury Psalter (BL Lansdowne MS 383)

Mowing (June), f. 5v.

Colloquial name(s): the Shaftesbury Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Lansdowne MS 383

Date: 2nd quarter of the 12th Century (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Fécamp Psalter (The Hague KB, 76 F 13)

March: pruning vines, f. 3v.

Colloquial name(s): Fécamp Psalter / Fecamp Psalter

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 F 13

Date: c. 1180 (source and source)

Origin: Abbey of Fécamp, Normandy (source and source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, Web Gallery of Art (some images)

Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon (The Hague, KB, 76 E 11)

Two of the musicians of King David, f. 2r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter with glosses of Anselm of Laon

Official name(s): The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 76 E 11

Date: c. 1175 (source)

Origin: Arras(?), N.W. France (source)

Online facsimile available via: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts

Ormesby Psalter (Bodl. MS Douce 366)

Courting couple, f. 131r.

Colloquial name(s): Ormesby Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Douce 366

Date: c. 1310 with donor portraits added c. 1320-30 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, donor portraits added in Norwich (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA

Rutland Psalter (BL Add. MS 62925)

July (reaping), f. 4r.

Colloquial name(s): Rutland Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 62925

Date: c. 1260

Origin: London(?), England

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Hunterian Psalter (University of Glasgow, MS Hunter 299 (U.3.2))

When Adam delved and Eve spun, f. 8r.

Colloquial name(s): Hunterian Psalter, formerly York Psalter

Official name(s): University of Glasgow, MS Hunter 299 (U.3.2)

Date: c. 1170, possibly before 1173, except last 33 folios which are written in a 14th C hand (source)

Origin: northern England, possibly York or Lincoln (source)

Online facsimile available via: selection of images available via University of Glasgow Special Collections

Peterborough Psalter (KBR, ms. 9961-62)

Lot's wife looks back and is turned into a pillar of salt, f. 12v.

Colloquial name(s): Peterborough Psalter

Official name(s): Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België, ms. 9961-62

Date: first half of 14th Century (source)

Origin: Peterborough Abbey, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: KBR Belgica (click on the link 'Feuilleter le document')

Psalter (BNF Latin 765)

Illuminated captial, f. 23r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalterium ad usum ecclesiae Sarisburiensis

Official name(s): Bibliothèque nationale de France, Latin 765

Date: 1301-1400 (source), likely c. 1350-79 based on the costume

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: Bibliothèque nationale de France Gallica digital library

The Melisende Psalter (BL Egerton MS 1139)

The Adoration of the Magi, f. 2v.

Colloquial name(s): The Melisende Psalter

Official name(s): British Library Egerton MS 1139

Date: 1131-43 (source)

Origin: Jerusalem, Eastern Mediterranean (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Psalter (BL Royal MS I D X)

The Nativity, f. 1v.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter

Official name(s): British Library Royal MS 1 D X

Date: c. 1200-20 (source)

Origin: Oxford, central England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Digitised Manuscripts

Psalter (Bodl. MS Gough Liturg. 2)

The Annunciation to the Shepherds, f. 14r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter

Official name(s): Oxford, Bodleian Library MS Gough Liturgy 2

Date: c. 1200 (source)

Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: LUNA (high quality facsimiles, but not all folios)

St Albans Psalter

The fall (Genesis 3:1-6), p. 12

Colloquial name(s): St Albans Psalter, Albani Psalter, Psalter of Christina of Markyate

Official name(s): the majority of it has no official name as it is owned by St Godehard's Church, Hildesheim, Germany rather than a library; one leaf is kept in the Rheinisches Bildarchiv, Köln and a further leaf and cutting are now missing (source)

Date: possibly 1124-1129 (source)

Origin: St Albans Abbey, Hertfordshire, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: The St Albans Psalter Project - full facsimile (including the Köln leaf) with transcription and translation into modern English and modern German

Tickhill Psalter (NYPL Spencer collection Ms. 26)

The tree of Jesse, image ID ps_spn_cd15_218.

Colloquial name(s): Tickhill Psalter

Official name(s): New York Public Library, Spencer collection Ms. 26

Date: c. 1310 (source)

Origin: Augustinian Priory of Worksop (Radnor), Nottinghamshire, England (source)

Online facsimile available via: New York Public Library Digital Collections (a few illustrations)

The Map Psalter (BL Add. MS 28681)

A pilgrim with a staff, f. 54v.

Colloquial name(s): The Map Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Additional MS 28681

Date: 1262-1300 (source)

Origin: England, S.E.(?) (London/Westminster?) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

Psalter fragments (BL Royal MS 13 D I*)

Historiated initial of the biblical King David with a fool, f. 18r.

Colloquial name(s): Psalter fragments
Official names(s): British Library, Royal MS 13 D I*

Date: 1350-1375 (source)
Origin: England (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts

The St. Omer Psalter (BL Yates Thompson MS 14)

Jonah and the whale, f. 70v.

Colloquial name(s): The St Omer Psalter

Official name(s): British Library, Yates Thompson MS 14

Date: c. 1330-1340 (source)

Origin: east England (Mulbarton, Norfolk?) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts and British Library Digitised Manuscripts

The Howard Psalter & The De Lisle Psalter (BL Arundel MS 83)

Lignum vitae (The Tree of Life), based on Bonaventura, f. 13r.

Colloquial name(s): The Howard Psalter (ff. 1r-116v) and The De Lisle Psalter (ff. 117r-135v)

Official name(s): British Library Arundel MS 83

Date: c. 1308-1340 (source)

Origin: East Anglia, England (Howard Psalter) and London(?), England (De Lisle Psalter) (source)

Online facsimile available via: British Library Online Catalogue of Digitised Manuscripts