Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, Oxford, between 1212 and 1220
MS M.43 fol. 12v

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1) Joseph: before Potiphar's Wife -- Potiphar, veiled, seated on bench, seizes with left hand mantle of Joseph looking back, raising hands, and departing to right.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI VOLEIT LA DAME IOSEPH KE IL EVIT PECCHE OVOKE LI E LE PRIST P(AR) LE MANTEL E IL LE LESSA E SENFUIST.
2) Joseph: as Interpreter of Dreams -- Joseph gestures with right forefinger and raised left hand toward butler and baker with their wrists and ankles bound; all are seated.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI CONTINT LE BOTILLER ET LE PANETER LEURS SONGES A IOSEPH EN P(RI)SONE E IL LES EPOUNT.
Scenes within decorated frames.