Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1280s
MS M.183 fol. 284r

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Initial D:
Half figure of nimbed male saint with right hand raised and scroll in draped left hand. Initial D at beginning of Collect for Bishop.
Initial P:
Half figure of nimbed male saint with joined hands raised in front. Initial P at beginning of Collect for Priest.
Half figure of nimbed male saint with right hand raised and book in left hand. Initial D at beginning of Collect for Anniversary on day of Burial.
All figures within decorated initials linked by foliate extensions with balls.
In lower margin, dragon with foliate tail on cusp of foliate stem.