Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Egmont breviary
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1440
MS M.87 fol. 49r

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Psalm 118 (Vulg., 117). Initial C enclosing bust of man, beneath rays. Decorated initial of Psalm 118. Margins decorated on three sides with scrolling foliate decoration inhabited by half figures of two angels emerging from clouds, gesturing; and bust of man, wearing hat (right); hybrid dragon-like animal amid foliage (lower).