Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 65v

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Line ending: two escutcheons, one gules, a chevron between roundels (?) argent, and the other azure, a cross saltire between annulets argent.
Line ending: two fantastic animals, one swallowing the other biting the first one.
Line ending: cat holding mouse in mouth.
Subject description for fol. 66r, 1) Abigail: going to David, and David: pacified by Abigail.
Li premiers quartiers dist coument Dauid uient et si compagnon cccc por destruire Nabal. Li dame vient encontre Dauid a toute uitaille k'il couuient a homes et a bestes et rapaise Dauid.
Subject descriptions for fol. 66r, 2) Nabal: Confession of Abigail; 3) Nabal: Death; and 4) David: claiming Abigail.
Li secons li tiers et li quars dient coument li dame reuient a sen baron et li nonche chou ke le auoit fait et les manaces Dauid. Il eut de peur k'il morut au dizime ior. Dauid prist le dame Abigail a feme.
Subject description for fol. 66v, 1) David: Saul's Spear taken.
Li istore du D dist coument il fu dit au roi ke Dauid se tenoit eu pendant d'une montagne. Li roi vient a iii mile ceuaucheur et se loge dauid uient par nuit // [continues on fol. 66r, below the miniature].