Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 321r

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Psalm 148 (Vulg., 148):
Scene, Liturgical: Prayer -- Priest, tonsured, kneels before altar, decorated with statues of figures in niches, on which is reliquary, similarly decorated. To left, five clerics, tonsured, sit in choirstall, on the front of which are four books. Three books, with bosses and two clasps, are closed. One book is open and inscribed.