Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalms.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.II, fol. 063v

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Isaiah: Scene, Martyrdom -- Executioner, holding end of saw cutting bloody head of Isaiah, pearled nimbus, joined hands raised, within initial U at beginning of Isaiah.
In center margin, hybrid bird with partial human body, grasping shield at left side with right hand, as terminus of decorated vertical bar.
In lower margin, medallions of decorated foliate vine enclosing half-figures of two men, nimbed, holding books (saints).