It was commissioned by Sir Geoffrey Luttrell (died 1345), a wealthy English landowner who lived at Irnham, Lincolnshire.

Examples from pages of the work of artists one to four are given, but I found the argument difficult to follow. The binding by Smith Settle of Otley is in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked with a design by David Eccles using gold, silver and colored foils. Brown reveals that knowledge of Luttrell and the book's audience is as important to understanding the work's meaning as its striking imagery. Until the rains could wash it into the soil, the seed was exposed to the appetites of animals, especially birds.

Tilling the soil and sowing seed grain was only the beginning of growing wheat, rye, and other staples of the medieval diet. The binding by Smith Settle of Otley is in Nigerian goatskin leather blocked with a design by David Eccles, with handmade endpapers from the Fabriano mill. Below them, a tiny grotesque stands on a patch of grass with hooved hind legs and a fanged head like a cat.

The first considers the Luttrell family, and it soon becomes apparent that nothing much of certainty can be said about them, the book, its content, and its meaning, for Michelle Brown's text is full of such phrases as "may be", "might be", "it is possible" and "I would suggest".c) If such arrangements are not made within seven days of the notification the Auctioneer is empowered to sell the lot without reserve by auction or by private treaty and to receive from the seller the normal selling commission and special expenses. Very few people before have had the chance to turn and admire these wonderful pages; now it is open to everyone to do so in the comfort and leisure of their own home. Some terminology that may be used in this description includes: Jacket Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps.

It is ninety-six pages long, but well produced and presented, as one would expect when the publisher is the British Library. At the point of registration all new bidders will be required to submit proof of identification and address. The Luttrell Psalter is one of the most comprehensive visual resources concerning medieval everyday life.The scenes show an unparalleled sense of humor representing vivid scenes of beasts and humans engaged in a variety of activities. It has more than 600 pages and the delicate task of recreating this masterpiece of English medieval art so accurately into a complete full size facsimile edition has taken well over a year to achieve. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). The Luttrell Psalter is illuminated throughout, although the final eighty folios are sparsely decorated especially in comparison to the rest.