Psalter

By Deane Barker • •

This is just another name for the Psalms. “Psalter” is often used to refer to a bound collection of the just Psalms – so a small book of the Psalms.

Why I Looked It Up

The word comes up a lot in The Library. Apparently many of the early bound books were psalters.

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