Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, perhaps Metz, 1370-1380
MS M.88 fol. 84r

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Psalm 081 (Vulg., 080):
David: as Musician -- David, crowned, holds hammer in each hand and plays cymbala.
Scene on tooled gold background in foliate initial S.
Right margin:
Bird sits on foliate extension.
Lower margin (bas-de-page):
At right, fox eats cock. At left fox, as pilgrim with rosary and staff, approaches hermit in cell.