A psalter is a volume containing the Book of Psalms, often with other devotional material bound in as well, such as a liturgical calendar and litany of the Saints. Until the emergence of the book of h
Carolingian Psalter (facsimile)
Folio 15b of the Utrecht Psalter illustrates Psalm 27
The Mudil Psalter, the oldest complete psalter in the Coptic language, Coptic Museum, Egypt, Coptic Cairo
Initials from the beginning of psalms in the St. Albans Psalter.
The Liturgy of the Hours, Divine Office, or Opus Dei is a set of Catholic prayers comprising the canonical hours, often also referred to as the breviary, of the Latin Church. The Liturgy of the Hours
Psalter
…in secular Latin, it is the term for a stringed instrument, from Ancient Greek: ψαλτήριον psalterion). The Book of Psalms contains the bulk of the Divine Office of the Roman Catholic Church. The other books associated with it were the Lectionary, the Antiphonary, and Responsoriale, and the Hymnary. In Late…
Cistercian monks praying the Liturgy of the Hours in Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Saint Peter's Basilica facade, Rome, Italy