Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 202v

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Psalm 140:01 (Vulg., 139:02) -- Head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerges from cloud above man with right hand wielding sword and with left hand seizing hair of man kneeling with joined hands raised.
Scene against pink background, within decorated initial E with foliate descender into lower margin.