Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, Amiens, between 1280 and 1299
MS M.729 fol. 264v

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Creation Scene: 2nd Day -- Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, with a book in His left hand, stands on earth, issuing vapor of water, and raises His right hand toward clouds of firmament, issuing vapor of water. Scene with diapered background, within Gothic architectural frame decorated with cusps of foliate terminals, and six French heraldic shields in medallions, and heraldic devices of French heraldry.