Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1290-1305
MS M.155 fol. 158r

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Woman, veiled, raises both hands.
Figure against gold background within decorated initial T with foliate extensions. Start of Te Deum.
In right margin, female saint, decorated nimbus, veiled, possibly Barbara of Nicomeda, holds object in right hand, possibly model of tower, and palm branch in left hand. She stands on foliate tail of hybrid animal, with body of wingless dragon, in lower margin (bas-de-page).