Initial K in a litany in the St Albans Psalter (folio
403), from St Albans Abbey, c.1130, and in a Hildesheim
Dombibliothek MS, property of the Basilica of St Godehard,
Hildesheim. From The St. Albans Psalter: Painting and prayer in
medieval England by Kristen Collins, Peter Kidd, and Nancy K.
Turner (Getty Publications, £18.99 (£17.10);
978-1-60606-145-9). This 104-page publication has 96 illustrations,
of which 94 are in colour. The book explores the psalter's history
and the individuals thought to have commissioned and used it: Abbot
Geoffrey of St Albans, and the holy woman Christina of Markyate