Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 137r

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Psalm 128 (Vulg., 127):
Scene, Sports and Games: Dancing -- In courtyard within city, men and women, holding hands, dance in circle next to building. To left, man plays pipe and tabor. To right, older, bearded man, wearing hat, raises right hand toward dancing figures. In background, second group of men and women dance among other figures. Beyond gated wall of courtyard are buildings of city.