Peterborough Psalter
Appearance
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Peterborough_Psalter_c_1220-25_Mercy_and_Truth.jpg/220px-Peterborough_Psalter_c_1220-25_Mercy_and_Truth.jpg)
The Peterborough Psalter is a name given to two different illuminated manuscripts psalters produced in the scriptorium of Peterborough Abbey. One, from the early 13th century, is now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; the other, from the early 14th century, in the Royal Library of Belgium.
Cambridge
The Peterborough Psalter in Cambridge was perhaps produced for Robert of Lindsey, abbot of Peterborough 1214–1222.[1]
Brussels
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Peterborough_psalter_-_KBR%2C_ms._9961-62_-_f10.jpg/220px-Peterborough_psalter_-_KBR%2C_ms._9961-62_-_f10.jpg)
The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels was produced for Abbot Godfrey of Croyland (died 1321).[2]
References
- ^ "The Peterborough Psalter | The Fitzwilliam Museum". www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk.
- ^ "Home - KBR". Belgica (in French). Retrieved 2020-08-05.