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Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 81v

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Line ending: nude man, in jaws of fantastic animal, armed with shield and spear, piercing hybrid animal armed with shield of gules, a cross argent.
Line ending: two heraldic escutcheons of Boisleux and Neuville-Vitasse.
Line ending: decorated escutcheon of gules, a cross argent.
Line ending: cat holding mouse in mouth.
Line ending: escutcheon of gules, a bordure argent.
Line ending: three men dancing, the first holding bagpipe (?), and the third with raised hands pointing to head, looking back at the second (Sports and Games: Dancing).
Line endings: geometric and foliate ornament.
Text page of Psalm 71:05 (Vulg., 70:05).



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