Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 24r

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Psalm 015 (Vulg., 014), Verse 1 -- One of two men sits with eyes closed and with right hand raised to inclined head, sleeping on hill (Mount Zion ?), and the other sits on bench with hands raised in arched portal of building representing tabernacle.
Scene against gold background within decorated initial D with foliate volutes.