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Psalm 88; bear-baiting

(Whole folio) Text, Psalm 88. Marginal decoration, including a grotesque blowing a long trumpet with pennon of the arms of Scrope. In lower margin, a chained bear attacked by four dogs, one of which it has seized in its forepaws. The keeper of the bear, with stick and long club, supervises the fight.

Image taken from Luttrell Psalter.

Originally published/produced in England [East Anglia]; circa 1325-1335.



Shelfmark/Page: Add. 42130, f.161
Language: Latin
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