Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, Amiens, between 1280 and 1299
MS M.729 fol. 286v

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Creation Scene: 5th Day and Creation Scene: 6th Day -- Christ-Logos, crossed pearled nimbus, with a book in His left hand, stands and and raises His right hand toward five birds perched on trees, a duck, a stork, and a crane. The creator is flanked by four animals, including a lion, and by a horse, ox, goat, lamb, rabbit, and dog Scene within Gothic architectural frame decorated with cusps of foliate terminals, six French heraldic shields, including Coeuvres (five) and Hangest (one), in six medallions, and heraldic devices, including Moreuil and Hangest.