Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, probably London or Canterbury, 1310-1320
MS G.53 fol. 87v

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Psalm 098 (Vulg., 097):
Scene, Liturgical: Chanting -- Three tonsured clerics in copes chant, one holding open book with pseudo-incriptions, on lectern.
Scene against patterned gold background within foliate initial C.
In left margin, hybrid animal perches on foliate extension.
In lower margin (bas-de-page), hybrid dragon swallows end of foliate extension in left margin.