Peterborough Psalter


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

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

Brussels

The Peterborough Psalter in Brussels was produced for Abbot Godfrey of Croyland.