Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1280s
MS M.183 fol. 245v

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Initial E:
Half figure of nimbed male saint with joined hands raised in front.
Figure within initial E decorated with foliate extensions. Beginning of Chapter for Vespers.
Initial M:
Canticle: Virgin Mary -- Half figures of two nimbed male saints with joined hands raised in front.
Figure within initial M decorated with foliate extensions, one with terminal of animal head, and ball. Beginning of Canticle, Magnificat, for Vespers.