Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 56r

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Psalm 053 (Vulg., 052).
Christ: Temptation, 2nd -- Horned bestial devil addresses Christ, cross-nimbed, beardless, extending His right hand and holding book in left hand, seated on roof of church with closed red portals and tower.
Scene against gold background within initial D deocrated with foliate ornament and inhabited by bird.