PSALM XLIV (45), f. 26r.
In the middle register and to the left of center the bearded psalmist stands gazing up at the elaborate scene which he describes in this psalm. Beside him to the left is a seated scribe at work ('my tongue is the pen of a ready writer,' verse 2, (1)). In the upper register is the palace of the king flanked on the left by a smaller building. In the center of the palace and under a portico is a covered throne (verse 7, (6)) behind which are three women with palms, the personifications of 'truth, meekness, and righteousness (justice)' in verse 5, (4). Beside the throne stands the king (verse 3, (2)), wearing a crown, holding arrows in his right hand, his sword girt upon his thigh (verse 4, (3)). He tramples a demon, while at the right an archer is shooting arrows at a group of 'the king's enemies' gathered together at the left in the lowest register (verse 6, (5)). The Hand of God issues from heaven above the palace and pours oil from a horn upon the head of the king (verse 8, (7)). The queen 'in vestitu deaurato' stands beside the king (verse 10, (9)). She is attended by a servant holding a box which the queen is bringing to the king. The 'kings' daughters' approach from the right (verses 10, (9) and 14-16, (13-15)). The group at the left are probably the people of 'thy father's house' whom the queen is commanded to forget (verse 11, (10)). In the two lower registers on the right the daughters of Tyre and the princes, as the 'rich among the people' are offering crowns and gifts to the king (verse 13, (12)). In the middle register at the extreme left the children and men evidently illustrate 'Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii'; the scribe writing on his scroll is making 'thy name to be remembered in all generations' (verses 17-18, (16-17)).
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