At Florence an ornamental capital in a psalter printed in 1489 is the earliest woodcut in any extant dated book.
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
At Canterbury in 1549 John Mychell, or Mitchell, who had moved there after producing a few books in London, printed an English psalter, "poynted as it shall be songe in churches."
"Fine Books"
Alfred W. Pollard
They assign to him every virtue under heaven; but they particularly laud him for his humility and industry: all day long he worked as a laborer in the building of his convent, whilst the night was passed in committing the psalter to memory.
"Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. II. (of 2)"
Dawson Turner