Psalter of Charlemagne

[1] The selection of alleluias in the tonary at the end of the psalter are said to point to Saint-Riquier as its intended recipient.

Specifically, it has been suggested that Charles donated the psalter to Saint-Riquier (then governed by his confidante Angilbert) on the occasion of his visit for Easter 800.

[2] Based on the local saints mentioned in the litanies, some scholars locate its production further east, around the Rhine–Meuse delta or the borderland between Neustria and Austrasia.

[1] The text of the Psalms is the Gallican translation, this being the earliest liturgical manuscript containing that version.

[1] They are so called because they were composed (possibly by Fulgentius of Ruspe) in the African province of Byzacena in or about 502 in a monastic community threatened by the Vandals.