Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1290-1305
MS M.155 fol. 149r

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Canticle of Isaiah I:
Christ:noli me tangere -- Beside tree, Mary Magdalen, nimbed, veiled, kneeling with joined hands raised before Christ, cross-nimbed, with wounds in hands and side visible in slitted garment, holding cross-staff in left hand.
Scene against gold background within decorated initial C.
In upper margin, hybrid man, with body of wingless dragon and foliate tail, holds sword in right hand and leaf in left hand before hybrid animal, with body of wingless dragon and foliate tail, in left margin.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), man kneels as donor with joined hands raised on foliate bar containing hybrid man, with body of wingless dragon and foliate tail, holding spear in both hands.