Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, Oxford, between 1212 and 1220
MS M.43 fol. 81r

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Psalm 051 (Vulg., 050) -- Three-quarter figure of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, with right hand raised in blessing and book in left hand. He is flanked by man and woman, wearing berbette, both wearing vair-lined mantles, as donors, kneeling with joined hands raised toward Him. Figures within initial M with descender terminated by hooded human head.