Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, Oxford, between 1212 and 1220
MS M.43 fol. 14r

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1) Moses: breaking Tables of Law -- Moses, nimbed, horned, wearing vair-lined mantle, steps forward, breaking with right hand tablets on gold calf on column; one valve of the Tables is falling. Scene within architectural setting.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI DEBRISE MOYSES LES TABLES OVECKE LA LEY PUR LE VEL DE OR QEO LE POPLE AUOIT FEST E AORE CU(M) DEX.
2) Joshua: Conquest of Jericho -- Three towers of city of Jericho topple; outside city wall, Joshua, nimbed, blows horn.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI CHEENT LES TOURS E LES MURS DE IERICO KANT LES LES CHAPELEINS DE LA LEY SONERENT LEURS BUSINES. CI CESSENT LES ESTOYRES DE EXOR(DE) E COMENCENT LES ESTOYRES DE IOSUE.
Scenes within decorated frames.