Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Cuerden psalter
England, Oxford, ca. 1270
MS M.756 fol. 184v

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Psalm 119:113 (Vulg., 118:113) -- Tonsured Dominican friar, wearing habit, holds book in left hand, raises right hand, and looks up toward head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerging from cloud.
Scene against gold background within decorated initial I with foliate volutes.