Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, Oxford, between 1212 and 1220
MS M.43 fol. 7r

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1) Creation Scene: 4th Day -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, sits on bench, with right hand raised and disk in draped left hand. He looks toward sun, crescent moon, and eleven stars.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CEST LE OUERE DEL QUART IOUR KANT DEX FIST SOLAIL E LUNE E LES ESTAILES EN LE FIRMAMENT.
2) Creation Scene: 6th Day, and Eve: Creation -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, stands with right hand raised in blessing. With left hand, He holds rib of half figure of Eve, with hands raised, issuing from side of Adam seated sleeping on mound. Two birds and four animals, including ram, mule, and ox, look on.
Scene caption in Anglo-Norman French, CEST LE OUERE DEL SIME IOUR KANT DEX FIST BESTES EN TERRE E ADAM E DE LUY EUE.
Scenes within decorated frames.