Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalms.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 049v

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In upper loop of initial S, bust of Christ-Logos, crossed nimbus, holding book with left hand; below, nude man in water, hands raised, looking upward at beginning of Psalm 069 (Vulg., 068).
Two birds perching on horizontal bar in upper margin.
In left margin, grotesque priest, tonsured, wearing stylized chasuble, with no body.
In lower margin, two foliate medallions enclosing two confronted nude men, one shooting bow and arrow, the other raising book (?) with left hand.
Pen-flourished initials.