Utrecht Psalter
ninth-century illuminated psalter
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Summary
Utrecht Psalter is a psalter[1]. It draws 782 Wikipedia views per month (psalter category, ranking #1 of 8).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Netherlands[3]
- Instance of: illuminated manuscript[4]
- Owned by: Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington[5], Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel[6]
- Movement: Carolingian art[7]
- Made from material: parchment[8]
- Collection: Utrecht University Library[9]
- Inventory number: Hs. 32[10]
- Location: Utrecht University Library[11]
- Commons category: Utrecht Psalter[12]
- Language of work or name: Latin[13]
- Inception: 820[14], 830[15]
- Official website: http://www.utrechtpsalter.nl[16]
- Work available at URL: http://psalter.library.uu.nl/[17]
- Described at URL: http://www.mmdc.nl/static/site/highlights/762/The_Utrecht_Psalter.html[18], https://www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/utrecht-psalter[19], https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/utrecht-psalter[20]
- Described by source: Catalogus codicum manu scriptorum bibliothecae Universitatis rheno-trajectinae, Vol. I[21], Codices Illustres[22]
- Heritage designation: Memory of the World International Register[23]
- Exemplar of: Psalms[24], Te Deum[25], Gloria in excelsis Deo[26], Magnificat[27], Nunc dimittis[28], Lord's Prayer[29], Apostles' Creed[30], Athanasian Creed[31], Psalm 151[32]
- Height: 330 millimetre[33]
- Width: 255 millimetre[34]
- Copyright status: public domain[35]
Why It Matters
Utrecht Psalter has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]