Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 37r

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Psalm 075 (Vulg., 074). Initial C enclosing head of bearded man. Decorated initial of Psalm 75. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling foliate decoration inhabited by half figures of two angels emerging from clouds, one playing horn; and bust of man, wearing hat (right); hybrid dragon-like animal amid foliage (lower).