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Great Canterbury Psalter

psalter created in 1200 in Canterbury, finished by Ferrer Bassa in 1340 in Barcelona
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Summary

Great Canterbury Psalter is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 142 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #53 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Creator: Ferrer Bassa[3]
  • Made from material: parchment[4]
  • Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France[5]
  • Inventory number: Latin 8846[6]
  • Commons category: Saltiri anglo-catala[7]
  • Language of work or name: medieval Latin[8], Old French[9], Middle English[10]
  • Work available at URL: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c[11]
  • Title: Psalterium Cantuariense [Psautier anglo-catalan, dit Psautier de Canterbury][12]
  • IIIF manifest URL: https://gallica.bnf.fr/iiif/ark:/12148/btv1b10551125c/manifest.json[13]

Why It Matters

Great Canterbury Psalter is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . BnF Archives and Manuscripts. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'nl']
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    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, it, ro, da, uk */ Add the labels ru:Басса, Феррер, it:Salterio di Harley and ro:Psaltire use, with the other names they give as aliases, Danish and Ukrain"
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