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loginInitial letter for the word Miserere mei, “Have mercy upon me,” at the beginning of Psalm 51 (Vulgate Ps. 50) from the 12th-century Psalter of Yo r k. Seen here are David, with Bath-Sheba behind him, being admonished by Nathan. Uriah the Hittite lies dead, stoned by an Ammonite. Copenhagen, Royal Library, Thott, 143, fol. 68r.