Peterborough Psalter

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The Peterborough Psalter is a name given to two different illuminated manuscripts of the Psalms 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

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The Peterborough Psalter in Cambridge was perhaps produced for Robert of Lindsey, abbot of Peterborough 1214–1222.[1]

Brussels

The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels was produced for Abbot Godfrey of Croyland (died 1321).[2]

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