Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 184r

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Psalm 119:105 (Vulg., 118:105) -- Woman, wearing berbette, kneels with joined hands before Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, raising right hand in blessing her and holding tripartite globe in left hand, seated on bench.
Scene against gold background beneath arch within decorated initial L with foliate ascender extended into upper margin.