Luttrell Psalter
Overview
Commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell of Irnham in Lincolnshire around 1325 to 1340. Its margins teem with scenes of rural English life, ploughing, harvesting, milling, cooking and games, alongside grotesque hybrids and monsters. A famous miniature shows Sir Geoffrey on horseback being armed by his wife and daughter-in-law. The British Museum acquired it in 1929 with the help of an interest free loan from J. P. Morgan Jr.
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