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Psalm 3, beginning with decorated initial 'D', and Psalm 4, beginning with decorated initial 'C'....

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Psalm 3, beginning with decorated initial 'D', and Psalm 4, beginning with decorated initial 'C'. Marginal drawings of a lion and dragon fighting, and a grotesque sitting on a bird. Lower margin; a stag [Christ] and dragon [Satan], based upon Bestiary imagery
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British Library, London, UK
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manuscript
Date
1284 AD - 1316 AD (C13th AD - C14th AD)
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Alphonso Psalter [formerly known as the Tenison Pssalter]. England [London/Westminster or East Anglia]; 1284 and circa 1316. Language: Latin Source/Shelfmark: Add. 24686, f.12 The psalter was probably commissioned to celebrate the proposed marriage of Prince Alphonso, son of King Edward I, to Margaret, daughter of Florent V, Count of Holland, which did not take place due to the death of Alphonso in August 1284

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13th century / 14th century / alphabet / fight / manuscript / grotesque / written language / dragon / fictional creature / initial / lion / stag / deer / drawing / lioness / mythical creatures / manuscript / text / mythical beast / mythical creature / mythological beast / 13th century / mythological creature / big cat / mammal / document / fighting / mythological beasts / 14th century / fight / mythological creatures / feline / felinae
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