Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 202r

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Initial:
David, crowned, nude, with joined hands raised, kneels on one knee in water.
Scene within initial S decorated with foliate ornament and with foliate extenders.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament inhabited by hybrid man, tonsured, and by cock (rooster).
Beginning of Psalm 69 (Vulg., 68)