Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, between 1125 and 1175
MS M.505 fol. 6r

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Initial Q decorated with foliate ornament and inhabited by fantastic animal with foliage emerging from its mouth and with foliate tail.
Beginning of Psalm 52 (Vulg., 51).
Initial D decorated with foliate ornament and inhabited by man standing behind foliage, arms raised, and two nude men among foliage grasping vines.
Beginning of Psalm 53 (Vulg., 52).