The Book in the Cathedral by Christopher de Hamel review – adventures of a manuscript sleuth

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A brilliant manuscript scholar delves into the mystery of Thomas Becket’s jewelled book of psalms

Pages from Becket’s book of psalms. Photograph: The Master and Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridgen Christmas Day 1170, Thomas Becket delivered a sermon to a packed chapter house at Canterbury. His theme was the death of one his predecessors as archbishop, St Alphege, hacked to death by the Danes in the early 11th century – the only martyr in the role so far. “There will soon be another,” Becket declared.

 

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