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The Great Canterbury Psalter
f. 1r, Scenes from the Old Testament: Genesis
f. 2r, Scenes from the Old Testament: Genesis - Exodus
f. 3r, Scenes from the life of Christ
f. 5v, psalm 1 Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly
f.9r, psalm 4 When I called upon him the God of my justice heard me
f. 20r, psalm 11 Save me Lord, for there is now no saint
f. 44v, psalm 26 The Lord is my light and my salvation
f. 49r, psalm 29 I will extol you Lord, for you have held me up
f. 53r, psalm 31 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven
f. 70r, psalm 39 With expectation have I waited for the Lord and he was attentive to me
f. 76r, psalm 43 We have heard, God, with our ears
f. 93r, psalm 53. Save me, God, by your name
f. 108v, psalm 63 Hear, O God, my prayer when I make supplication
f. 111r, psalm 65 Shout with joy to God all the earth
f. 114r, psalm 67 Let God arise and let his enemies be scattered
f. 124r, psalm 71 Give to the king your judgement, O God
f. 133r, psalm 76 I cried to the Lord with my voice
f. 135r, psalm 77 The tables set by God in the desert and the Eucharistic gathering
f. 141r, psalm 78 O God, the heathens are come into your inheritance
f. 150v, psalm 84 Lord, you have blessed your land
f. 154v, psalm 87 O Lord, the God of my salvation, I have cried in the day and in the night before you
The Great Canterbury Psalter
(Anglo-Catalan Psalter)
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Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
f. 1r, Scenes from the Old Testament: Genesis
God creating light: Fiat lux: dixit Deus, et facta est lux (Gen 1: 3); God creating the firmament in the midst of the waters: Fecit Deus firmamentum in medio aquarum (Gen 1: 6); God separating the waters from the earth: Congregentur aque, que sub celo sunt, in locum unum et appareat arida (Gen 1: 9); God creating the sun and moon: Fecit Deus duo magna luminaria, solem et lunam, et stellas (Gen 1: 16); God creating the birds and fishes: Creavit Deus cete grandia atque volatile super terram (Gen 1: 21); God creating the animals and Adam to his own image: Producat terra animam viventem. Faciamus hominem ad imaginem (Gen 1: 24, 26); Creation of Eve, with an angel handing God a lump of clay for her flesh: Edificavit costam quam tulerat de Adam in mulierem (Gen 2: 21-2); God’s instructions to Adam and Eve not to eat the fruit of the tree of knowledge: Eva. Adam. De fructu sciencie boni et mali ne comedas (Gen 2: 17); Adam and Eve, tempted by the serpent, eat the fruit: Eva. Serpens decepit me et comedi. Adam (Gen 2: 13); Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise: Ubi ejecti fuerunt de paradiso. Adam. Eva (Gen 3: 23-4); Adam digging and Eve with her children spinning: In dolore paries filios. In sudore vultus tui vesceris pane (Gen 3: 16-19); Offering of Cain rejected by God, and that of Abel accepted, blessed by God: Abel. Sacrificium. Caym (Gen 4: 3-5).