Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 70v

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Line ending: hybrid man, crowned, with two bodies.
Line ending: escutcheon of gules, a chevron between annulets argent.
Line ending: nude man, hooded, with stick in right hand and left hand indicating hindquarters, pursued by hybrid animal armed with shield (buckler) and sword (Burlesque: Fighting, and Scene, Obscaena).
Line endings: geometric and foliate ornament.
Text page of Psalm 59:04-12 (Vulg., 58:05-13).