ABSTRACT
This chapter explores the fascinating life of the Carrow Psalter through book archaeology, art historical research, and its modern legacy in a digital format. The Carrow Psalter was modified accordingly, for Thomas Becket’s name was carefully erased from the calendar. The Carrow Psalter lives on in multiple forms, both as an original, physical artifact on the shelves of the Walters Art Museum, and as a digitial surrogate. This is increasingly the case with medieval manuscripts, and there are many benefits to this multiplicity both in terms of preservation and access. In the fall of 2012, a packet of photocopied letters regarding the Carrow Psalter was sent to the Walters by a gentleman named Paul King from Norwich, England. When the Carrow Psalter came up for sale in 1920, Laura Stuart took action. She was well placed as a civic leader, and her family’s legacy as bibliophiles must have made her the natural one to lead the charge.
