psalter
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- Instance of
- literary genre
- Subclass of
- liturgical book
- Has part
- Psalms
- Image
- Wycliffe Psalter, opened to Psalm 6, England, around 1500 - British Library, London - DSC00566.jpg
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- Commons category
- Psalters
- topic's main category
- Category:Psalters
- native label
- psalterium
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- Western Christianity
- Eastern Christianity
- Significant psalters
- Manuscripts
- Early Medieval
- High Medieval
- Late Medieval
- Early modern / Tudor period
- Printed editions
- Incunabula
- Early modern editions
- Modern editions
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Carolingian Psalter (facsimile) thumb|Folio 15b of the Utrecht Psalter illustrates Psalm 27
A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of hours in the Late Middle Ages, psalters were the books most widely owned by wealthy lay persons. They were commonly used for learning to read. Many psalters were richly illuminated, and they include some of the most spectacular surviving examples of medieval book art.
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