Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalms.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 057v

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Christ-Logos, crossed nimbus, raising right hand, holding book with left hand within initial D at beginning of Psalm 110 (Vulg., 109).
In center margin, next to the initial, partial figure of man possibly wearing miter, torso partially draped, terminating decorated vertical bar.
In lower margin, enclosed in two medallions of decorated foliate vine, half-figures of two men, nimbed, holding books (saints).
Pen-flourished initials.