Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1280s
MS M.183 fol. 14r

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Initial D:
Psalm 003 (Vulg., 003) -- Half figure of nimbed male saint with right hand raised and scroll in left hand.
Figure within initial D decorated with marginal foliate extensions, one formed partly by fantastic animal with open jaws and ball.
In right margin, bird flies.