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Psalter
Belgium, Liège, ca. 1290-1305
MS M.155 fol. 49r

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Psalm 051 (Vulg., 050):
Woman, veiled, and man, both with hands joined, face one another.
Figures against gold background inside decorated initial M with foliate extension.
In upper margin, bird.
In right margin, hybrid animal, with upper body of monkey (ape) and lower body of wingless dragon, plays fiddle on foliate extension.



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