Img. ID: 10566

Marking the beginning of Psalm 125, a hybrid with a human head and the body of a bird rests on a foliate stem set vertically at the top of the inner margin. Its face is raised upwards and a leaf extends from its mouth. A bird with a leaf perched on the tip of its beak rests on a foliate stem set vertically at the bottom of the inner margin. It marks the beginning of Psalm 126. A grotesque bird-like figure is set vertically in the upper part of the space between the first and second text columns. A snake-head appears to emerge from the top and bottom of the body of the grotesque. A leaf emerges from the mouth of the top snake while a more elaborate foliate motif emerges from the mouth of the lower snake. Together they mark the beginning of Psalm 127. A multi-colored cock with two leaves emerging from its beak is perched on a foliate motif set vertically at the bottom of the space between the first and second text columns. It marks the beginning of Psalm 128 and possibly refers to verse 4 which reads, הנה כי כן יברך גבר, "Behold that thus shall the man be blessed," as the Hebrew word, גבר, ("man") also means cock in English. A hybrid with the body of a man and a hoofed leg, is incorporated within a multi-colored foliate stem set vertically in the upper part of the space between the second and third text columns. The man wears a scholarly hat and a gold-dotted blue robe. A bird with a u-shaped body perches on a leaf which rests on the man's hat. Together they mark the beginning of Psalm 129. Marking the beginning of Psalm 130, a monkey-like creature wearing a sailor's cap is set vertically at the bottom of the space between the second and third text columns. Its body is hidden by a pink garment beneath a short yellowish cape. A leaf emerges from the creature's mouth and extends into the text column while another leaf extends from behind its hat and from its toes.