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071982
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071982

Women spinning and carding wool

[Whole folio] Psalm 105. Border decoration including a grotesque with a fish's body. Lower margin; on the left, a woman turns a large green spinning-wheel by means of a handle fixed in one of the spokes, and holds one end of a long skein of red wool in her left hand. Beside her is a circular object [basket?] with three skeins of red wool. On the right, a seated woman carding wool with two hand-cards

Image taken from Luttrell Psalter.

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



Shelfmark/Page: Add. 42130, f.193
Language: Latin
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