Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 24r

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Psalm 039 (Vulg., 038). Initial D of Dixi enclosing man, with right forefinger raised, beneath rays. Decorated initial of Psalm 39. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling foliate decoration inhabited by half figures of two angels emerging from clouds flanking bust of man (right).