Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 200v

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Psalm 119:017 (Vulg., 118:017).
Initial R decorated with foliate ornament on diapered fields and with foliate entensions, the ascender and descender knotted.
Line ending: hybrid woman, wearing berbette, confronting hybrid man (hybrid couple).
Line ending: rabbit pursued by dog.
Line ending: long-eared brid animal with two bodies.
Line ending: cat holding mouse in mouth.
Line endings: geometric and foliate ornament.
Text page of Psalm 119 (Vulg., 118) in Commendation of the Soul.