The Harley Psalter: Illustration to Vulgate Psalm 103.


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Here are some of the illustrations to the following verses from the psalm:

Verse 3: 'Who walkest upon the wings of the winds'.
(Look at his feet.)
Verse 10: 'Thou sendest forth springs from the vales: between the midst of the hills the waters shall pass'.
Verse 11: 'All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst'.
Verse 12: 'Over them the birds of the air shall dwell'.
Verse 15: '...that wine may cheer the heart of man: That he may make the face cheerful with oil'.
Verse 21: 'The young lions roaring after their prey and seeking their meat from God'.
Verse 25-26: '... this great sea, which stretcheth wide its arms: there are creeping things without number:
Creatures little and great: There the ships shall go,
This sea dragon which thou hast formed to play therein'.


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