The ‘Albani’ Psalter:
Bibliography

This page is intended as a bibliography of works absent from the Aberdeen website (which seems not to have been updated since 2006), and as a place for links to online versions.

Many of the journal articles are available online through JSTOR or other websites to those who are affiliated with a subscribing institution, and parts of books may be available to read online via Google Books.

2014

• Bernhard Gallistl, "The Christina of Markyate Psalter. A Modern Legend: On the Purpose of the St. Albans Psalter, Concilium medii aevi, 17 (2014), pp.21-55 (PDF)

2013

• Kristen Collins, Peter Kidd, and Nancy K. Turner, The St. Albans Psalter: Painting and Prayer in Medieval England (Los Angeles, 2013) [a preview is available through Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com], contains:

• Kristen Collins, ‘Pictures and Devotional Imagination in the St. Albans Psalter’, pp.9-63
  
• Peter Kidd and Nancy K. Turner, ‘Materiality and Collaborative Enterprise in the Making of the St. Albans Psalter’, pp.65-95
  
• Physical Description of the St. Albans Psalter, pp.96-97
• Glossary, pp.98-99
• Suggestions for Further Reading, pp.100-101
  

• Der Albani-Psalter: Gottesfurcht & Leidenschaft / The St. Albans Psalter: Piety & Passion, Hildesheimer Forschungen, 4 (Hildesheim, 2013) [largely consisting of papers from the 2009 symposium in Hildesheim], includes:

• Felix Heinzer, ‘“ Wondrous Machine” - Rollen und Funktionen des Psalters in der mittelalterlichen Kultur’, pp.15–31
  
• Henrietta Leyser, ‘Christina and her Cult Today’, 33–43
  
• Ulrich Molk, ‘Der lateinische Albani-Psalter und sein franzdsisches Alexiuslied’, 45–56
  
• Rodney M. Thomson, ‘The St Albans Psalter: Abbot Geoffrey's Book?’, pp.57–68 [PDF]
  
• Kathryn Gerry, ‘Cult and Codex: Alexis, Christina and the Saint Albans Psalter’, pp.69–95 [online]
• Patricia Stirnemann, ‘The St Albans Psalter: one man’s spiritual journey’, pp.96–128
• Kristine Haney, ‘The St Albans Psalter Initials - A Radiant Reflection of the Anglo-Norman Reform’, p.129–51
  
• Isabelle Marchesin, ‘Verbum Christi - Musical Iconography in the St Albans Psalter’, 152–76
  
• Christopher Clarkson, ‘English Monastic Bookbinding in the Twelfth Century’, 177–99
  
• Almuth Corbach und Heinrich Grau, ‘Kodikologische Befunde und konservatorische Uberlegungen zur Neubindung des Albani-Psalters’, 200–23
  

2012

• Harold Robert Stirrup, Colour Paint and Gold: The Materiality of English Manuscript Illumination in the Twelfth Century (PhD thesis, University of York, 2012).
• Bernhard Gallistl, ‘Der St. Albans Psalter und seine liturgische Verwendung’, Concilium medii aevi, 15 (2012), pp.213–54, with English summary [online]

2011

• Patricia Stirnemann, ‘Quand le programme fait fausse route: les psautiers de Saint-Alban et de saint Louis’, in Le programme: une notion pertinente en histoire de l'art médiéval?, Cahiers du léopard d'or, 12 (Paris, 2011), pp.165–81.

2010

• Ian Short, Maria Careri, and Christine Ruby, ‘Les Psautiers d’Oxford et de Saint Albans: liens de parenté’, Romania, 123 (2010), pp.29–45.

2009

• Kathryn B. Gerry, ‘The Alexis Quire and the cult of saints at St. Albans’, Historical Research, 82 (2009), pp.593–612.
• Nilda Guglielmi, ‘Sobre la “Vita” de Cristina Markyate’, Temas medievales, 17 (2009), pp.181–206.

2008

• K. B. Gerry, The Alexis Quire in the St Albans Psalter and the monastic community of St Albans (unpublished PhD thesis, Johns Hopkins University, 2008).
• J. M. Royle, Transitional holiness in the twelfth century: the social and spiritual identity of Domina Christina of Markyate (unpublished PhD thesis, University of Glasgow, 2008) [abstract and full text online].
• Jochen Bepler, Peter Kidd and Jane Geddes, The St Albans Psalter (Albani Psalter), English-language edition of commentary volume (Simbach am Inn, Germany: Müller & Schindler, 2008). Contains:
  • Norbert Trelle (Bishop of Hildensheim), Foreword (p.10)
  • The Rt Revd Christopher Herbert (Bishop of St Albans), Foreword (p.11)
  • Jochen Bepler, The Creating and Breaking of Traditions. On the Historic Context of the Albani Psalter in Hildesheim (pp.13–38)
  • Peter Kidd, Contents and Codicology [PDF] (pp.41–156) [Addenda and corrigenda]
    
  • Jane Geddes, The Illustrations [PDF] (pp.157–225)
  • Bibliography (pp.226–40)
  • List of Illustrations (pp.242–43).
  Copies may be located in the UK, USA, Europe, and elswhere (e.g. Australia) using www.worldcat.org
• Donald Matthew, ‘The Incongruities of the St Albans Psalter’, Journal of Medieval History, 34 (2008), pp.396–416. [Available online to Taylor & Francis Group subscribers]

2007

• Vie de Christina de Markyate, édité et traduit par Paulette l’Hermite-Leclercq & Anne-Marie Legras, Sources d’Histoire Médiévale publiées par l’IRHT, 35, 2 vols. (Paris, 2007).
• Rodney Thomson, Books and Learning in Twelfth-Century England: The Ending of ‘Alter Orbis’, The Lyell Lectures for 2000–2001 (Walkern, Herts., 2007).

2006

• Morgan Powell, ‘The Visual, the Visionary and her Viewer: Media and Presence in the Psalter of Christina of Markyate (The St Albans Psalter)’, Word & Image, 22 (2006), pp. 340–62. [Available online to Taylor & Francis Group subscribers]

2005

• Samuel Fanous and Henrietta Leyser (eds), Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth-Century Holy Woman (London, 2005).
  Browse the table of contents, and read sample pages, courtesy of Amazon.
  Online review by Anne Lawrence in Reading Medieval Reviews .
• Morgan Powell, ‘Making the Psalter of Christina of Markyate (The St. Albans Psalter)’, Viator, 36 (2005), pp. 293–335. [Available online to Brepols subscribers]
  
• Morgan Powell, ‘Magister et discipula: Monastic Instruction and the Visual Turn of the Twelfth Century, Tagungsabstract für „Frauen – Kloster – Kunst. Neue Forschungen zur Kulturgeschichte des Mittelalters“ Mühlheim/Ruhr, 13. bis 16. Mai 2005. [Text and Appendix PDFs].
• Jane Geddes, The St. Alban’s Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate (London, 2005).

• Reviews include:

• Martin Kauffmann, in The English Historical Review, 124, no. 506 (2009), pp.130–32.

• Kristine Haney, in Manuscripta, 52 no. 2 (2008), pp.339–44.
• Patricia Stirnemann, in Studies in Iconography 29 (2008), pp.258–62.
• Adam Cohen, in CAA Reviews (2007). [Online]
• Rachel Koopmans, in TMR (2007). [Online]
• Jessica Brantley, in Journal of the Early Book Society, 9 (2006), pp.180–82.

2004

• Rosemary Stevens, ‘The Albani Psalter: Personal Observations on the Making of a Twelfth-Century Manuscript’, The Scribe: Journal of the Society of Scribes and Illuminators, no. 78 (Winter 2004), pp.2–7.
• Ursula Nilgen, ‘Psalter für Gelehrte und Ungelehrte im hohen Mittelalter’, in F. O. Büttner (ed.), The Illuminated Psalter: Studies in the Content, Purpose and Placement of its Images (Turnhout, 2004).

2002

• Kristine Haney, The St. Albans Psalter: An Anglo-Norman Song of Faith (New York, 2002)

• Reviews include:

• Barbara Abou-el-Haj, in Speculum, 81 no.4 (2006), pp.1204–05.
• P. L’Hermite-Leclerq, in Le Moyen Âge, 111 (2005), pp.164–65.
• Eric Palazzo, in Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 48 no.189 (2005), pp.62–63.

• Peter Kidd, in Medium Ævum, 72 (2003), pp.310–11.
• Ursula Nilgen, in Sehepunkte, 3 (2003) [Online].

1998

• François Boespflug, ‘Le vision de la Trinité de Christine de Markyate et le Psautier de Saint-Alban’, in Vue et vision au Moyen Âge, 2, edited by A. Paravicini Bagliani, Micrologus, 6 (1998), pp.95–111.

1993

• Anton von Euw, Die Handschriften und Einzelblätter des Schnütgen-Museums Köln: Bestandskatalog (Cologne, 1997), no.5 pp.64–68.
• Renate Giermann, Helmar Härtel, and Marina Arnold, Handschriften der Dombibliothek zu Hildesheim, 2, Hs 700–1050; St. God. Nr. 1–51; Ps 1–6; J 23–95, Mittelalterliche Handschriften in Niedersachsen, 9 (Wiesbaden, 1993).

1991

• P. L’Hermite-Leclercq, ‘Le Psautier de Christine de Markyate’, in N. Bériou, J. Berlioz, and J. Longère (eds), Prier au Moyen Age: Pratiques et expériences (Ve-XVe siècles) (Brepols, 1991), pp.31–34 and 92–96.
• P. E. Bennett, review of Rachel Bullington, The ‘Alexis’ in the Saint Albans Psalter: A Look into the Heart of the Matter, Garland Studies in Medieval Literature, 4 (New York; London: Garland Publishing Inc., 1991), in Medium Ævum, 1993 [Online].
• Sammlung Lückger (Cologne, 1964), no.769 p.137 (catalogue entry for the Schnütgen Museum leaf)

Pre-1990

• Carson Webster, ‘Note on the Labors of the Months’, The Art Bulletin, 21 no.4 (1939), p.403.
• Adolph Goldschmidt, Der Albanipsalter in Hildesheim und seine Beziehung zur symbolischen Kirchensculptur des XII. Jahrhunderts (Berlin: G. Siemens, 1895).
  

• This long out-of-print book is now (since 2011) available as a print-on-demand from Amazon and many other booksellers.
• It is now (2012) also available online: the Harvard and Priceton copies via Google Books  and the Princeton copy also via Archive.org.
  

• Campbell Dodgson, ‘Medieval Iconography from the Psalms’, The Academy, II (1895), pp.570–71. [Review of Goldschmidt].

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25 January 2014
Peter Kidd