The Peterborough Psalter
Prefatory miniature of the Crucifixion
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The Crucifixion would have provided a focal point of devotion for the manuscript’s original owner. It would have also served as a frontispiece to the entire Psalter. It encapsulates the medieval understanding of the Psalms as Old Testament prophecies which were fulfilled in the life and sacrifice of Christ recounted in the New Testament.