Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, Oxford, between 1212 and 1220
MS M.43 fol. 10v

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1) Lot: barring Sodomites -- Four Sodomites stand; one addresses with left forefinger raised. Inside house, Lot raises left hand and places right hand on shoulder of one of two daughters. One daughter raises right hand in front of portal toward the Sodomites; the other points to Lot. To right, two nimbed angels, gesturing, sit on bench.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI HERBERIA LOTH LES ANGELES ET TEND SES DEUS FILLES A LA MALE GENT DE LA CITE.
2) Sodom and Gomorrah: Destruction -- Rays of fire fall on city of Sodom; three towers topple (earthquake).
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CI DESTRUIT DEX SODOME ET GOMOR PUR LEUR PECHE.
Scenes within decorated frames.