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loginInitial letter “D” for “Dixit,” the first word of Psalm 53, from the Angoulème Psal-ter, France, 13th century. The illustration shows King David and a fool who, in ac-cordance with medieval iconography, is represented holding a club and eating cheese, Besançon, Bibliothèque Munici-pale, Ms. 140, fol. 62 v.