Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 58r

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Psalm 044 (Vulg., 043).
Initial D decorated with diapered infiling and with ascender of fantastic animal with tail of foliate tendrils, biting the initial.
Line ending: two fishes connected by line.
Line ending: rabbit pursued by dog.
Line ending: fish.
Line ending: cat holding mouse in mouth.
Line ending: long-eared hybrid animal with two bodies.
Line endings: foliate and geometric ornament.