Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 10r

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Zone 1:
1) Leodegarius of Autun: Scene, Torture -- Male torturer with auger bores into eye of Leodegarius of Autun, nimbed, wearing bishop’s miter and vestments with pallium, standing with right hand raised and crozier in left hand.
Scene beneath two arches.
2) Nicholas of Myra: Scene, unidentified -- Woman, wearing berbette, stands with right hand raised and left hand placed on head of boy, beside girl, both kneeling with joined hands raised, all (family group) on proscenium platform, before Nicholas of Myra, nimbed, wearing bishop’s miter and vestments with pallium, standing with right hand raised in blessing them and crozier in left hand
Scene beneath trefoil arch.
Zone 2:
3) Fremund of Mercia: Scene, Fremund’s Head speaking to Oswy -- Crowned king stands with sword in right hand and with left forefinger raised, beside Fremund of Mercia, decapitated, kneeling on proscenium, holding his crowned severed head before Oswy, wearing cap, raising hands, behind draped altar.
Scene beneath arcade of three arches.
4) Thomas a Becket: Scene, Vision (?) -- Virgin Mary, nimbed, crowned, with both hands holds book, before Thomas a Becket, nimbed, wearing bishop’s miter and vestments with pallium, with right hand raised in blessing and crozier in left hand; draped altar.
Zone 3:
5) Scene, unidentified -- Male figure, wearing surcoat over garment, with right hand raised, stands in box-like pulpit, before four youths, threee with left hands raised.
Scene beneath two arches.
6) Eligius of Noyon: Scene, healing Horse, and Eligius of Noyon: Scene, smithing -- Male figure as groom stands with right arm on neck of horse (only forepart visible) and with spiralled mold of candle wax in left hand, addressed by Eligius of Noyon, nimbed, wearing bishop’s miter and vestment, with crozier in left arm, raising right hand in blessing and hammer in left hand, behind draped altar and anvil, beside blazing forge.
All six compartments against gold backgrounds within decorated frame.