The Lincolnshire Psalter - Luttrell Psalter

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THE LUTTRELL PSALTER

The British Library states that The Luttrell Psalter is..... 

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'justifiably considered one of the British Library’s greatest treasures'.

 

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It was created c. 1320-1340 in Lincolnshire, England, and takes its name from its first owner and patron, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345).  

King David playing the harp, at the beginning of Psalm 1

THE LUTTRELL PSALTER CONTAINS 
IN LATIN:

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The Psalms

A Medieval Liturgical Calendar

Canticles

A Mass Setting

An Antiphon for those who have died

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....is well known for its 'wild profusion of marginal and hybrid creatures as well as its hundreds of bas-de-page illuminations.  Many of these contain some remarkable and detailed scenes of daily life in the rural medieval England of the 14th century'.

To see the digitised British Library version of the Psalter click HERE

THE LUTTRELL PSALTER FILM

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Re-enacted life based on the Luttrell Psalter filmed in Lincolnshire originally commissioned for the previous Luttrell exhibition at the Collection Museum, in Lincoln.

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