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Fol. 214v, Psalm 1, historiated initial 8, David harping

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. Right page mostly filled with black text in a medieval style. Left page mostly filled with black text in a medieval style with a large B in blue and gold with red accents on the right side. Inside the B, a man sitting on a throne playing a harp. He wears a white cap, gold tunic and red pants. The man and harp gold. A blue and red border on three sides of the left page with red and blue Roman numeral 8 at top.

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