Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, 1261
MS M.440 fol. 81r

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Psalm 081 (Vulg., 080).
Christ: Miracle of raising Lazarus -- Lazarus, nimbed, shrouded, rises up with joined hands from sarcophagus, before Apostle Peter, tonsured, with book in right hand, and Christ, cross-nimbed, with book in draped left hand, extending right hand toward Mary and Martha, both veiled, one covering face with right hand and holding book in left hand.
Scene against gold background within initial E.
In left spandrels of the initial E, two Jews, as half figures, wearing conical hats, one clasping hands, and the other looking up toward the scene.