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64 michaEl a. michaEl British Library, Royal 2 B III, fol. 289r). The flowering cross carried by the figure of a bishop in the drawings added to the Westminster Psalter (c. 1250), presents a diminutive, thin-limbed Christ displayed on a cross which is reminiscent of the image in the Antiquaries Lindesey Psalter. This suggests the idea of victory over death represented by the flowering cross had gained currency by the middle of the fourteenth century (fig. 18).31 In his studies of the crucifixion in England Paul Binski has demonstrated that the potential for the exploitation of emotion brought to the fore by the viewing of 31 London, The British Library, Royal 2 A XII, fol. 22r; Morgan, Early Gothic Manuscripts II (cit. n. 17), no. 95, p. 49. Fig. 17: St. Bonaventura, Lignum vitae. The Crucifixion. London, British Library, Harley 5234, fol. 5r, Durham(?), c. 1275–1300