At long last, every glorious page of the Luttrell Psalter, bursting with medieval vitality, is available on our Digitised Manuscripts site (British Library, Additional MS 42130). The Luttrell Psalter is justifiably considered one of the British Library’s greatest treasures. It was created c. 1320-1340 in Lincolnshire, England, and takes its name from its first owner and patron, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (1276-1345). The Luttrell Psalter is perhaps best known for its wild profusion of marginal and hybrid creatures as well as its hundreds of bas-de-page illuminations (stay tuned for a blog post on these subjects!). Many of these contain some remarkable and detailed scenes of daily life in the rural medieval England of the 14th century. - [Author]

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