Gorleston Psalter (c1315). The Gorleston Psalter is an illuminated manuscript created in England in the early 14th century. It is named after the town of Gorleston in Norfolk, where it was discovered in the 19th century. The manuscript contains a series of intricate and colorful illustrations that accompany the text of the Book of Psalms. The Gorleston Psalter is considered an important example of English Gothic art, and it had a significant impact on the development of manuscript illumination in England and beyond. The Gorleston Psalter influenced the Ormesby Psalter, an illuminated manuscript created in England in the mid-14th century. It is named after the Ormesby family, who were the original owners of the manuscript. The Ormesby Psalter features many of the same motifs and design elements as the Gorleston Psalter, such as the use of intricate borders and decorative initials. The Luttrell Psalter is another illuminated manuscript influenced by the Gorleston Psalter. It was created in England in the mid-14th century. It is named after its original owner, Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, who is depicted in the manuscript along with his family and estate. The Luttrell Psalter was influenced by the Gorleston Psalter in its use of vivid colors and intricate designs, as well as its focus on the natural world and the human experience. Like the Felbrigge Psalter, the Gorleston Psalter is often associated with the East Anglian School, a group of artists and illuminators who worked in England in the 13th and 14th centuries. The East Anglian School was known for its innovative use of color and design, as well as its focus on the natural world and the human experience. The Gorleston Psalter is considered one of the key works of the East Anglian School, and it helped to establish the school's reputation for excellence in manuscript illumination. The Gorleston Psalter is richly illustrated, with frequent illuminations, as well as many bas-de-page illustrations or drolleries as marginalia. The bulk of the manuscript is taken up by the psalms, which is preceded by a calendar and a prayer, and followed by a canticles, an Athanasian creed, a litany, collects, an Office of the Dead, prayers, a hymn, and a litany. The prayer on fol. 7v, Suscipere dignare domine dues omnipotens hos psalmos quos ego indignus peccator, was added after the manuscript passed to Norwich Cathedral Priory, along with a miniature of the crucifixion. The Beatus initial to Psalm 1, shows the Tree of Jesse surrounded by a border showing the arms of England and France. One famous image from the Psalter shows a fox carries a goose away in its mouth, while the goose says queck. The scene is probably an allusion to the tale of Reynard the Fox. Armorial illustrations showing in the manuscript have been identified as those of Roger Bigod, Gilbert Peche, and Aymer de Valence. Written in Latin in at least three separate hands, the Psalter consists of the original text from its creation in around 1310, with a few later additions. The added material is a prayer before the psalter on f.7b and an added litany, ff. 226b-228. The first hand in the manuscript is identified as being the scribe of the original work, with two later hands identified as being responsible for the additions c. 1320-1325. The first of these two later hands has been co-identified with the text hand of the Stowe Breviary and Douai Psalter. The third hand, that of the prayer on f.7b, is described as smaller and much more irregular and unsteady. Nigel Morgan, in his catalogue of a 1973 exhibition in Norwich, has drawn attention to stylistic similarities between the Gorleston Psalter and the Stowe Breviary, Douai Psalter, Castle Acre Psalter, and the Escorial Psalter. It is believed that the Gorleston Psalter is an earlier output from the scriptorum that later produced the Stowe Breviary, Douai Psalter, and the Escorial Psalter. It is believed to have been made in the first quarter of the 14th century for someone associated with the parish church of St Andrew at Gorleston. This association is deduced from the inclusion of the Dedication of Gorleston Church on March 8 in the psalter's calendar.