folio 80 r: Psalm 64:9-14, The rivers of God

TRANSLATION

"They also who dwell in the farthest parts are afraid of your signs
You make the outgoings of the morning and evening rejoice.
You visit the earth and water it,
you greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of water
You provide their grain
For so you have prepared it.
Your water its ridges abundantly
You settle its furrow
You make it soft with showers,
You bless its growth."

DESCRIPTION

The marginal illustration fills all the marginal space of the page. In the upper top end, Christ Panthocrator sits enthroned in Heaven, his hand raised, blessing the Creation below. Below him, two rivers, depicted as personifications of male naked figures in gray-black tones, flow down. On the very bottom level, beside the water, sheep or goats pasture from trees. The illustration relates to Ps.64:10.

LITURGICAL USE

Liturgically, the verse is used for the beginning of the Church Year, i.e. September 1, as an allelujah and koinonikon verses.

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The images presented here come from the electronic facsimile of the Theodore Psalter produced by Professor Charles Barber of Notre Dame University, as published by the University of Illinois Press.

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