Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours of Guiluys de Boisleux
France, Arras, after 1246
MS M.730 fol. 28r

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Psalm 015 (Vulg., 014).
In upper margin, nude male gladiator, armed with sword and shield (buckler) encountering animal, amid foliate tail of dragon with ball in its jaws, entwined with tail of dragon biting initial D of Psalm 15 (Vulg., 14) below.
Line ending: snail encountering soldier, wearing helmet and chain mail, armed with sword and shield, hurling javelin.
Line ending: escutcheon of gules, a fretty and a canton argent.
Line ending: hybrid man, armed with sword and shield, encountering nude man, indicating hindquarters with right hand, holding stick in left hand, and looking back (Scene, Obscaena).
Line ending: man, armed with sword, pursued by rabbit.
Line ending: two men, one partly nude and the other wearing cap, nude, wrestling.
Line ending: escutcheon of gules, an eagle displayed argent.
Line ending: foliate and geometric ornament.