Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 64v

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Line ending: two fantastic animals, one biting the other.
Line ending: bird pecking at protruding tongue of fox lying on its back (Bestiary: Fox feigning Death).
Line ending: escutcheon of azure, a dragon argent.
Line ending: nude man, in jaws of fantastic animal, armed with sword and pointed shield.
Line endings: geometric and foliate ornament.
Text page of Psalm 51:09-20 (Vulg., 50:11-22).