The 'Albani' Psalter:
Bibliography

This page is intended as a bibliography of works subsequent to, or otherwise omitted from, the Aberdeen website, and to providing online texts. It primarily relates to the Psalter, rather than to the Chanson of St Alexis as a text, or to Christina of Markyate as a person. It is arranged in reverse chronological order, with the most recent works at the top.

Many of the journal articles cited below are available online through JSTOR to those who are affiliated with a subscribing institution. Parts of books may be available to read online via Google Books.

• Martin Kauffmann, review of Jane Geddes, The St Albans Psalter: A book for Christina of Markyate, in The English Historical Review, 124, no. 506 (2009), pp. 130-2.
• 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 (pp. 41-155)
  • Jane Geddes, The Illustrations (pp. 157-225)
  • Bibliography (pp. 226-240)
  • List of Illustrations (pp. 242-243).
  Copies are currently (Nov. 2009) listed in online catalogues as available at the folowing libraries:
  • Aberdeen, University Library (facsimile and commentary)
  • Cambridge, University Library (commentary only)
  • Chicago, Art Institute (German edition of commentary only?)
  • London, Warburg Institute (commentary only)
  • Los Angeles, Getty Center Library (commentary only?)
  • Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
  • New York, Pierpont Morgan Library (facsimile and commentary)
  • Notre Dame (Indiana), University Library (German edition of commentary only?)
  • Oxford, Bodleian Library (commentary only)
• Kristine Haney, review of Jane Geddes, The St Albans Psalter: A book for Christina of Markyate, in Manuscripta, 52 no. 2 (2008), pp. 339-44.
• Donald Matthew, 'The Incongruities of the St Albans Psalter', Journal of Medieval History, 34 (2008), pp. 396-416.
• Patricia Stirnemann, review of Jane Geddes, The St Alban's Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate, in Studies in Iconography 29 (2008).
• 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: CNRS, 2007).
• Adam Cohen, review of Jane Geddes, The St Alban's Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate, in CAA Reviews (2007). Online.
• Rodney Thomson, Books and Learning in Twelfth-Century England: The Ending of 'Alter Orbis', The Lyell Lectures for 2000-2001 (Walkern, Herts., 2007).
• Rachel Koopmans, review of Jane Geddes, The St Alban's Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate, in TMR (2007). Online
• Jessica Brantley, review of Jane Geddes, The St Albans Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate, in Journal of the Early Book Society, 9 (2006), pp. 180-82.
• Jane Geddes, The St. Alban's Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate (London, 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. 340–362.
• 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.
• 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“ 1 Mühlheim/Ruhr, 13. bis 16. Mai 2005. Text and Appendix online as PDFs.
• Eric Palazzo, review of Kristine Haney, The St Albans Psalter: An Anglo-Norman Song of Faith, in Cahiers de civilisation médiévale, 48 no. 189 (2005), pp. 62-63.
• P. L'Hermite-Leclerq, review of Kristine Haney, The St Albans Psalter. An Anglo-Norman Song of Faith, in Le Moyen âge, 111 (2005) p. 164
• 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).
• Ursula Nilgen, review of Kristine Haney, The St. Albans Psalter: An Anglo-Norman Song of Faith, in Sehepunkte, 3 (2003) online (in German).
• Peter Kidd, review of Kristine Haney, The St. Albans Psalter: An Anglo-Norman Song of Faith, in Medium Ævum, 72 (2003), pp. 310-311.
• 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.
• 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).
• 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, available online.
• Sammlung Lückger (Cologne, 1964), no. 769 p. 137 (catalogue entry for the Schnütgen Museum leaf)
• 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).
• Campbell Dodgson, 'Medieval Iconography from the Psalms', The Academy, II (1895), pp. 570-71. [Review of Goldschmidt].

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