Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
England, perhaps Canterbury, ca. 1180
MS G.43 fol. 133r

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Circular unidentified diagram inscribed with name of Christ and alpha and omega symbols in cruciform pattern. ISTE PRINCIPIUM PASSIONIS UITE inscribed within circle around cross. Letters, including some Greek, inscribed around circle.
Diagram within prayer beginning "Deus pater piissime christe ihesu dulcissime ..." (fol. 131v)