Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
Belgium, Tournai, ca. 1200
MS M.338 fol. 70v

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Psalm 020 (Vulg., 019)
1) Eve: at Labor -- Eve, wearing kerchief around her head, suckles nude infant Cain, and spins with whorl. She sits beside ladle in kettle on tripod above flames.
Scene within decorated initial E.
2) Fantastic animal forming part of foliate design within initial E beginning commentary of Psalm 20 (Vulg. 19)