Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, perhaps Metz, 1370-1380
MS M.88 fol. 40r

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Psalm 027 (Vulg., 026):
David, crowned, kneeling on right knee, points to eyes with left hand and glances toward head of Christ-Logos, crossed nimbus, in arc of heaven.
Scene on diapered background within foliate initial D.
Margin, lower (bas-de-page):
Dog and monkey sit on foliate bar.
Margin, right:
Two birds.
Margin, left:
Bird.