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Page from the Chludov Psalter (9th century).
Page from the Chludov Psalter (9th century). Chludov Psalter (Moscow Hist Mus MS D29 is an illuminated Marginal Psalter made in the middle of the 9th Century.
The Sofia Psalter (1337).
The Sofia Psalter (1337).

A Psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms and which often contains other devotional material. Psalms ( Hebrew: Tehilim, תהילים, or "praises" is a book of the Hebrew Bible (the Christian Old Testament) included Various schemes for the arrangement of the Psalms are described in Latin Psalters. The Latin Psalters are the translations of the Book of Psalms into the Latin language

In the early Middle Ages Psalters were amongst the most popular types of illuminated manuscripts, rivaled only by the Gospel Books, from which they gradually took over as the type of manuscript chosen for lavish illumination. An illuminated manuscript is a Manuscript in which the text is supplemented by the addition of decoration such as decorated Initials borders and The Gospel Book, or Book of the Gospels ( Greek:, Evangélion) is a Codex or bound volume containing one or more of the four Gospels Medieval Psalters often included a calendar, a litany of saints, canticles from the Old and New Testaments, as well as other devotional texts. A canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, song is a Hymn (strictly excluding the Psalms taken from the Bible In Western Christianity, the Old Testament refers to the books that form the first of the two-part Christian Biblical canon. Many Psalters were lavishly illuminated with full-page miniatures as well as decorated initials.

In British North America, the first book printed was the Bay Psalm Book in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Bay Psalm Book was the first Book printed in British North America. The Psalms in it are metrical translations into English.

The psalter is also a part of either the Horologion or the breviary, used to say the Liturgy of the Hours in the Eastern and Western Christian worlds respectively. See also [[Canonical hours#Eastern Orthodox and Greek-Catholic usage]] [[Canonical hours]] The Horologion ( Greek: ῾Ωρολόγιον A breviary (from Latin brevis, 'short' or 'concise' is a Liturgical book of the Latin liturgical rites of the Catholic Church This article refers to the Liturgy of the Hours as a specific manifestation of public prayer in the Roman Catholic Church.

Eastern Orthodox

In the Eastern Orthodox Church the Psalter is divided into 20 kathismata, for reading at Vespers and Matins. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world A Kathisma (Greek καθισμα Slavonic каѳисма kafisma) literally "seat" is a division of the Psalter, used by Eastern Orthodox Vespers is the evening Prayer service in the Roman Catholic, Eastern (Byzantine Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox, liturgies of the Matins (also known as Orthros or Oútrenya in Eastern Churches) is the early morning or night Prayer service in the Roman Catholic Kathisma means sitting, since the people normally sit during the reading of the psalms. Each kathisma is divided into three stases, from stasis, to stand, because each stasis ends with Glory to the Father…, at which everyone stands. A doxology (from the Greek doxa, glory + Logos, word or speaking is a short Hymn of praise to God in various Christian The reading of the kathismata are so arranged that the entire Psalter is read through in the course of a week (during Great Lent it is read through twice in a week). Great Lent, or the Great Fast, is the most important Fasting season in the Church year in Eastern Christianity, which prepares Christians During Bright Week (Easter Week) there is no reading from the Psalter. Bright Week Lambri --> or Renewal Week is the name used by the Eastern Orthodox Church and Eastern Catholic Churches of the Byzantine Orthodox Psalters usually also contain the Biblical canticles, which are read at the canon of Matins during Great Lent. A canticle (from the Latin canticulum, a diminutive of canticum, song is a Hymn (strictly excluding the Psalms taken from the Bible A canon is a structured Hymn used in a number of Eastern Orthodox services Some Orthodox Psalters also contain special prayers for the departed, which are used during the wake, when the psalms are read over the deceased (see Christian burial). Wherever there is a belief in the continued existence of Man 's personality through and after Death, Religion naturally concerns itself with the relations A wake is the region of Turbulence immediately to the rear of a solid body caused by the flow of Air or Water around the body A Christian burial is the Burial of a deceased person with ecclesiastical rites typically in Consecrated ground

Significant Psalters

Illuminated manuscripts

Printed Psalters

New England Psalter

See also

Davids' Psalter ( Polish Psałterz Dawidów) by Jan Kochanowski, the most prominent Polish poet of the Renaissance, is one The Bay Psalm Book was the first Book printed in British North America. The ICEL Psalter is a 20th century translation of the Book of Psalms, translated by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy usually known as ICEL. The New England Psalter was an early reading Textbook for children which was first published in the late 17th century A metrical psalter is a kind of Bible translation: a Paraphrase of all or part of the Book of Psalms in Vernacular A book of hours is the most common type of surviving Medieval Illuminated manuscript. The Latin Psalters are the translations of the Book of Psalms into the Latin language

Dictionary

psalter

-noun

  1. The Book of Psalms. Often applied to a book containing the Psalms separately printed.
  2. Specifically for Anglicans, the Book of Common Prayer which contains the Book of Psalms. For Catholics, the Breviary containing the Psalms arranged for each day of the week.
  3. In the Roman Catholic Church, A rosary consisting of one hundred and fifty beads, corresponding to the number of the Psalms.
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