Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 214v

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Initial U decorated with diapered infilling and foliate ornament, at beginning of Invitatory Psalm 095 (Vulg., 094).
Line ending: escutcheon of azure, a dragon argent.
Line ending: two nude men, one wearing cap, both in jaws of fantastic animals, fighting with swords and shields (Burlesque: Fighting).
Line ending: escutcheon of argent, on a bordure gules bezanty argent, beside two men dancing, one with raised hands pointing to head, looking back at the other.
Line endings: geometric ornament.
Text page of Invitatory Psalm 095 (Vulg., 094) in Matins of Hours of the Virgin.