Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 72r

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Psalm 048:01 (Vulg., 047:02) -- Two men as half figures raise joined hands, flanking gate portal of wall of heavenly city enclosing mount (Mount Zion) behind which appears bust of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, flanked by two towers.
Scene against gold background, within decorated initial M.