Macclesfield Psalter

The annunciation to the shepherds in the Macclesfield Psalter

The Macclesfield Psalter is a lavishly illuminated manuscript probably produced c. 1320–30[a] in East Anglia.[1] The psalter, or book of Psalms, contains 252 beautifully illustrated pages and is named after its most recent owner, the Earl of Macclesfield.


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  1. ^ Dennison, Lynda (2006). "The technical mastery of the Macclesfield Psalter: a preliminary stylistic appraisal of the illuminators and their suggested origin". Transactions of the Cambridge Bibliographical Society. 13 (3): 253–288. JSTOR 41154953.