Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 166v

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Psalm 109:01-02 (Vulg., 108:02-03) -- Man kneels with left hand raised and with right forefinger pointing to his opened mouth with protruding tongue ("os peccatoris et os dolosi super me apertum est" of Vulgate verse 2), before Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, standing with right hand raised in blessing and with book in left hand .
Scene against pink background, within decorated initial D with foliate volutes.