The Macclesfield Master
Artists
The Macclesfield Master designed the overall decorative programme and supplied most of the pictorial contents. Figures displaying a range of emotions and convincing depictions of the human body are characteristic of his style. He painted the full-page miniatures of St Edmund of Bury and St Andrew; an image of Christ as Judge; all but one of the historiated initials; most of the busts and profiles inside other Psalm initials; most of the borders (including figural decoration) and almost all of the bas-de-page scenes.
Prayer, Suscipere dignare domine
The miniature shows Christ as Judge seated on a rainbow, surrounded by the symbols of the four Evangelists. Medieval miniatures are generally placed at the beginning or the end of texts, but this one is inserted in the middle of the prayer, so that it balances and complements the large historiated initial on the facing page (fol. 9r).