and others from the Bible together with the Te Deum; and sometimes,
in late examples, a litany. In some psalters the calendar is at the
end. These Psalters, and the Bibles described above, are very
frequently of English work; more frequently, that is, than the books
of Hours and Missals. The study of the Scriptures was evidently
more popular in England than in the other countries of Europe during
the Middle Ages; and the early success of the Reformers here, must
in part, no doubt, be attributed to the wide circulation of the
Bible even before it had been translated from the Latin. I need
hardly, perhaps, observe that even fragments of a Psalter, a
Testament, or a Bible in English, are so precious as to be
practically invaluable.

3. We are indebted to Sir W. Tite for the following collation of a
Flemish "Book of Hours":-


1. The Calendar.

2. Gospels of the Nativity and the Resurrection.

3. Preliminary Prayers (inserted occasionally).

4. Horae--(Nocturns and Matins).

5. (Lauds).

6. (Prime).

7. (Tierce).