The Utrecht Psalter

Benedictine Abbey of Hautvillers, near Reims (France) Between 816 and 833

Main text: Capitalis rustica
Rubrics and the first line of each psalm: Uncial

Universitätsbibliothek, Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Hs. 32

Date of Publication of the Facsimile: 1984
Publisher: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz (Austria)
Series: Codices Selecti Phototypice Impressi
Composition: Fotosatzzentrum Südost, Graz (Austria)
Reproduction, Gestaltung, and Printing: Akademische Druck- u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz (Austria)

In view of its size and of the large script, the Utrecht Psalter was probably intended as a choir book, used by several monks chanting together from a common book resting on a lectern. The regular and repetitive recittion of the psalms would have been the first introduction to the Latin language for most young people, especially those destined for the clerical or monastic life.

fol. 88v

fol. 89r

Vergilius Vaticanus