folio 96 r: Psalm 73:11-18, The Crucifixion

TRANSLATION

"For God is my King from of old,
working salvation in the midst of the earth.
You divided the sea by your strength
you broke the heads of the sea serpents in the waters.
You broke the heads of Leviathan in pieces
and gave him as good to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
You broke open the fountain and the flood;
you dried up mighty rivers.
The day is yours, the night also is yours;
you have prepared the light and the sun.
You have set all the borders of the earth;
you have made summer and winter."

DESCRIPTION

The marginal illustration shows Christ on the Cross, wearing a loincloth. Blood flows from his wounds, stabbed at by a male figure in a red tunic. To the right of the Cross appear Virgin Mary and St. John. The sun and the moon appear above the Cross. The textual basis of the illustration is John 19:25-37, which portrays all the above characters, with Jesus on the Cross assigning his disciple, St. John, to his mother's care.

LITURGICAL USE

Liturgically, the verse is used as a prokimenon verse for the fourth Thursday of Lent and the feast on September 14 of the Elevation of the Cross.

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