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Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 33v

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Psalm 027 (Vulg., 026).
Eve: Creation -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, with right hand grasps left hand of Eve and with left hand shapes her torso, emerging from rib protruding from side of Adam, with head resting on right hand, reclining on ground.
Scene against gold background within initial D with its tail-ascender formed by beast head and foliate extension.



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