Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 128v

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Psalm 086:01 (Vulg., 085:01) -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerges from clouds, extending right hand in blessing toward man standing and looking up with raised hands.
Scene beneath domed arch against gold background, within decorated initial I, at bottom of which is hooded hybrid man with animal body on foliate volute.