摘要：The early 12th century psalter manuscript of St. Albans in Hertfordshire (Fig. 1), which is currently in the possession of the church parish of St. Godehard in Hildesheim, Germany, has attracted much attention due to the richness of its illustration.1 The book is generally regarded as the earliest surviving masterpiece of Anglo-Norman painting. As to the book’s intended purpose, scholars have agreed that what we are dealing with is a „personal“, rather than a communal book, and „not a choir-book for the Divine Office“.2 The manuscript as a whole has mainly been associated with the anchoress Christina, later the prioress of Markyate, who during the psalter’s time of creation worked in the vicinity of St. Albans. This woman’s importance for the book was estimated so highly that it was even named after her the „Psalter of Christina of Markyate“,3 „Christina of
