Psalter 390503 217376823 2008-06-05T19:40:53Z Ecphora 1804462 First two printed psalters {{unreferenced|date=February 2008}} [[Image:Khludov.png|thumb|Page from the [[Chludov Psalter]] (9th century).]] [[Image:Sofia Psalter 1337.png|right|thumb|180px|The Sofia Psalter (1337).]] A '''Psalter''' is a volume containing the [[Book of Psalms]] and which often contains other devotional material. Various schemes for the arrangement of the Psalms are described in [[Latin Psalters]]. In the early [[Middle Ages]] Psalters were amongst the most popular types of [[illuminated manuscript]]s, rivaled only by the [[Gospel Book]]s, from which they gradually took over as the type of manuscript chosen for lavish illumination. Medieval Psalters often included a calendar, a litany of saints, [[canticle]]s from the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s, as well as other devotional texts. Many Psalters were lavishly illuminated with full-page miniatures as well as decorated initials. In British North America, the first book printed was the [[Bay Psalm Book]] in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Psalms in it are metrical translations into English. The psalter is also a part of either the [[Horologion]] or the [[breviary]], used to say the [[Liturgy of the Hours]] in the Eastern and Western Christian worlds respectively. ==Eastern Orthodox== In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] the Psalter is divided into 20 [[kathisma]]ta, for reading at [[Vespers]] and [[Matins]]. ''Kathisma'' means sitting, since the people normally sit during the reading of the psalms. Each kathisma is divided into three [[stasis|stases]], from ''stasis'', to stand, because each stasis ends with [[Doxology|Glory to the Father…]], at which everyone stands. The reading of the kathismata are so arranged that the entire Psalter is read through in the course of a week (during [[Great Lent]] it is read through twice in a week). During [[Bright Week]] (Easter Week) there is no reading from the Psalter. Orthodox Psalters usually also contain the [[Canticle|Biblical canticles]], which are read at the [[canon (hymnography)|canon]] of Matins during Great Lent. Some Orthodox Psalters also contain special [[prayer for the dead|prayers for the departed]], which are used during the [[wake]], when the psalms are read over the deceased (see [[Christian burial]]). ==Significant Psalters== '''Illuminated manuscripts''' *[[Cathach of St. Columba]], early 7th century *[[Canterbury Psalter]], 1147CE *[[Salaberga Psalter]] *[[Vespasian Psalter]], 2nd quarter of the 8th century *[[Irish Bog Psalter]] *[[Psalter of Lothaire]] *[[Montpellier Psalter]] *[[Chludov Psalter]], 3rd quarter of the 9th century *[[Stuttgart Psalter]] *[[Utrecht Psalter]], 9th century *[[Southampton Psalter]] *[[Gertrude Psalter]], late 10th century with mid-11th century illuminations *[[Stavelot Psalter]] *[[Bosworth Psalter]] *[[Aethelstan Psalter]] *[[Harley Psalter]] *[[Ramsey Psalter]] *[[Codex Vossanius]] *[[Paris Psalter]], 10th century *[[Heidelberg Psalter]] *[[Vatopedi Psalter]] *[[St. Albans Psalter]] *[[Theodore Psalter]] *[[Eadui Psalter]] *[[Tiberias Psalter]] *[[Vitellius Psalter]] *[[Winchester Psalter]] *[[Melisende Psalter]], circa 1135 *[[Shaftesbury Psalter]] *[[Westminster Psalter]] *[[Camaldoli Psalter]] *[[Gough Psalter]] *[[London Psalter]] *[[Psalter of Lambert de Bègue]] *[[Grandisson Psalter]] *[[Huth Psalter]] *[[Oscott Psalter]] *[[Alphonso Psalter]] *[[Rutland Psalter]] *[[Felbrigge Psalter]] *[[Psalter of Robert de Lindesey]] *[[Ramsey Psalter]] *[[Psalter of St. Louis]] *[[Luttrell Psalter]] *[[Gorleston Psalter]] *[[Macclesfield Psalter]] *[[De Lisle Psalter]] *[[Queen Mary Psalter]] *[[St. Omer Psalter]] *[[Psalter of Henry VIII]] *[[Tomich Psalter]] *[[Psalter of Bonne de Luxembourg]] *[[Tickhill Psalter]] *[[Ormesby Psalter]] *[[Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry|Psalter of Jean, Duc de Berry]] *[[Vienna Bohun Psalter]] *[[Kiev Psalter of 1397]] *[http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/collects/bps/ Burnet Psalter] *[[Sofia Psalter]] *[[St. John's Bible]]- Psalms, 2007 '''Printed Psalters''' *[[Psalterium Romanum]], 1457 [Mainz], [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]]. The first printed psalter. <ref> Margaret Stillwell, '''The Beginning of the World of Books: 1450 to 1470''', New York, 1972, no. 18. </ref> *[[Psalterium Benedictinum]], 1459 [Mainz], [[Johann Fust]] and [[Peter Schöffer]]. The second printed psalter. <ref> Margaret Stillwell, '''The Beginning of the World of Books: 1450 to 1470''', New York, 1972, no. 27. </ref> *[[Geneva Psalter]], 1562 *[[Davids' Psalter]], 1579 *[[Scottish Psalter]],1635 and 1650 *[[Bay Psalm Book]], 1640 *[[Grail, The Psalms]], 1963, 1993 *[[ICEL Psalter]], 1995 [[New England Psalter]] ==See also== *[[Metrical psalter]] *[[Book of Hours]] *[[Latin Psalters]] [[Category:Types of illuminated manuscript]] [[Category:Psalters| ]] [[Category:Eastern Orthodox liturgical books]] [[be:Псалтыр]] [[cs:Žaltář]] [[de:Psalter (Textbuch)]] [[it:Salterio (liturgia)]] [[pt:Saltério (Bíblia)]] [[ru:Псалтирь]] [[sv:Psalterium (bönbok)]]