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Fol. 230r, Psalm 97, historiated initial C, two clerics singing at a lectern.

Cleveland Museum of Art

Open book with yellowed pages. The left page mostly out of view. The right page displays two columns of black text in an old language, with red and blue accents. A large gold and blue decorated initial "C" marks the start of a section. Inside the initial, two men in clerical attire, one with a tonsured head and the other with a pointed hat, standing at a lectern singing from an open book. The man on the left wears a red robe and the other a brown robe. The background of the initial is blue with a gold frame. A number "230" written in black at the top right corner of the page. The book sits on a grey surface.

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