Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1280s
MS M.183 fol. 32v

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Initial D:
Psalm 022 (Vulg., 021) -- Three-quarter figure of nimbed male saint with joined hands raised in front.
Figure within initial D decorated with marginal foliate extension joined by fantastic animal with interlaced neck.
In lower margin, hybrid man wearing conical hat, with foliate tail.