Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, Paris, between 1495 and 1498
MS M.934 fol. 124r

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Psalm 081 (Vulg., 080) -- Christ-Logos, rays as nimbus, wearing miter, raises right hand in blessing and holds cross-surmounted globe in left hand, within cloud-edged arc of heaven, rayed. Below are two mucisians, one wearing hat and playing harp and another wearing turban and playing rebec. Four men, wearing hats, stand in background. Scene in landscape setting, within architectural frame.
Margin is decorated with foliate border, including daisies, inhabited by bird and by fantastic animal, winged.