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EXCLUSIVE: The Macclesfield Psalter

Updated on 25 July 2005

By Channel 4 News

It's one of the rarest pieces of medieval English art ever discovered and now it's about to go on show.


The Macclesfield Psalter is a tiny book of psalms, written in Latin and lavishly illustrated.

very human form is depicted - from graceful figures to three headed monsters with hairy noses. Next week the 650-year-old book will be displayed in public for the first time - as part of an exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.

Our Arts Correspondent Nicholas Glass has this exclusive preview.

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