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Luttrell psalter [facsimile and commentary]: PB 9-2006

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Luttrell psalter [facsimile and commentary]

Maker(s)

Editor: Brown, Michelle P.
Publisher: Folio Society
Printer: Cambridge University Press
Paper maker: John Purcell Ltd
Binder: Smith Settle Limited
Designer: Eccles, David
Paper maker: Fabriano Mill

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Description

Title from spine title of facsimile volume.
Consists of facsimile of the original manuscript ([1], 309, [2] leaves numbered in modern ms., [1] colophon leaf; 36 cm.) and The Luttrell psalter : commentary / Michelle P. Brown. London : The Folio Society, 2006 (206 p. ; 26 cm.).
The Luttrell Psalter is an illuminated manuscript written and illustrated circa 1325-1335 by anonymous scribes and artists. It was commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (died 1345), a wealthy English landowner who lived at Irnham, Lincolnshire. Along with the Psalms, the book contains luxuriously illuminated pictures of saints and bible stories, and of rural life; farming, cooking, doctoring, spouses squabbling, musicians playing, etceteras. It is considered to be the richest source for everyday rural life in England of the Middle Ages.
Also known as the ’Windmill psalter.’
The manuscript facsimile is in Latin; the commentary in English.

1 portfolio : ill. , 39 cm.

Place(s) associated

  • London
  • Cambridge (Cambs.) ⪼ England
  • Otley ⪼ Cambridgeshire ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2006) by Whitlock-Blundell, Joe

Dating

Production date: AD 2006

Note

Issued in a blue clamshell container, with title label on spine, and the commentary in a hollow under the facsimile. "This facsimile edition of The Luttrell psalter has been reproduced from British Library Additional MS 42130 and printed at Cambridge University Press on Furioso paper from John Purcell Ltd. Photography by Laurence Pordes. The binding by Smith Settle of Otley is in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked with a design by David Eccles, with handmade endpapers from the Fabriano mill. The edition consists of 1480 numbered copies for sale to members of the Folio Society and 20 lettered copies which are not for sale." -- Colophon. Museum has copy P.

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Materials used in production

Printing ink

Techniques used in production

Printing

Identification numbers

Accession number: PB 9-2006
Primary reference Number: 140921
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 25 February 2020 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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