Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, probably Paris, ca. 1270s
MS M.101 fol. 100v

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Psalm 053 (Vulg., 052)
Male fool, bald except for three bands of hair fringes, holds club in right hand and raises round loaf toward open mouth with tongue protruding.
Figure in front of proscenium arch, beneath triple arcade, with gold background, within initial D decorated with foliage.