Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 23r

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Psalm 014 (Vulg., 013), Verses 1 ff. -- Head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerges from clouds above male fool, bald, with left hand raising round loaf to mouth and with right hand holding club, standing beside man holding club, lying on ground.
Figures against gold background within decorated initial D with foliate volutes.