London, British Library, Harley 863 "Leofric Psalter"

Abstract

266. London, British Library, Harley 863

"Leofric Psalter"

[Ker 232, Gneuss 425]

HISTORY: Written in the third quarter of the llc in Exeter. Lapidge (1991: 74) remarks that the manuscript may "very possibly [be] one of the two such psalters given to the Exeter chapter by Bishop Leofric in 1072." Owned by Edward Stillingfleet (1635-1699), whose collection was bought by Robert Harley in 1707 (Wright 1972: xxxiv, 316). Incorporated into the British Museum in 1753.