Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalms.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 039r

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Psalm 001 (Vulg., 001) -- In upper loop of initial B, Christ-Logos as half-figure, crossed nimbus, raising right hand in blessing, open book facing outward at left hand. Below, David as half-figure, crowned, playing harp.
Beginning of Psalm 001 (Vulg., 001).
In left margin, next to the initial, grotesque man wearing hat, with long neck, as part of decorated vertical bar.
In upper margin, two confronted birds, wings spread, perching on decorated horizontal bar; bust of monk, tonsured, wearing habit, holding book with left hand, enclosed in foliate medallion as terminus of the bar.
In lower margin, two foliate medallions each enclosing grotesque man, body incomplete.
Pen-flourished initials.