The Library’s Special Collections Research Center has loaned its single part of what is known as the Wode Psalter to the Edinburgh University Library for its exhibition Singing the Reformation. The Psalter, an important collection of musical manuscript part books of the Psalms, is named after Thomas Wode, vicar of St Andrews, who, under the patronage of James Stewart, Earl of Moray, copied and compiled the books between 1562 and 1592. Edinburgh University Library possesses five parts of the Psalter; the other parts are owned by The British Library in London, Trinity College in Dublin, and Georgetown University Library. The exhibition brings together all the existing Part books for the first time.
The Singing the Reformation exhibition runs from August 6-October 28. The exhibition is part of a larger project to coordinate multidisciplinary research on the Psalter, give a series of concerts featuring the Psalter’s music, record and publish the music, and make available high-quality digital images of the complete contents of all the Part-books on the project’s website (http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/divinity/research/projects/wode-psalter/overview).