A Psalter, preceded by a calendar (fol. 1v), with:

Stt. Oswald and Cuthbert are honoured in the litany: in the calendar, which contains several Netherland saints, is st. Kentigern (Jan. 13), and stt. Botulph and Etheldreda are added (June 17 & 23). On the whole the N. or N.E. of England would seem to be the district pointed to by these indications. As st. Arnulph is in the calendar, and not st. Thomas of Canterbury, the date would seem to be between 1121 and 1173. The writing is in three colours used in successive lines, red, green and blue. On fols. 8-15 are 16 full-page miniatures illustrating the Life of Christ in a bold, antique and rather rough style, English or Norman. There are also large illuminated capitals. Pss. 90-92 (89-91) are added in red at fol. 137v. [The only British saints honoured both in calendar and in litany are Alban, K. Oswald, Cuthbert, and K. Eadmund. Of these only Cuthbert is twice commemorated in the calendar. Oswald comes next to Stephen and Linus among the many martyrs in the litany. These facts and the splendour of the MS. lead me to believe that it is a Durham book. E.W.B.N.].