Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 101v

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Psalm 071:01-02 (Vulg., 070:01-02) -- Man kneels with raised joined hands grasped with left hand by Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, standing with right hand raised (illustration of verses 1-2).
Scene against gold background within decorated initial I, at bottom of which is hooded hybrid man with winged animal body, as terminal of horizontal bar with foliate volute in lower margin.