Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Angers or Tours, ca. 1460
MS M.199 fol. 119r

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David: communicating with God -- David, wearing fur lined garment, orant, kneels next to harp looking up toward bust of God in arc of Heaven. Rays descend toward David.
Scene in landscape with trees, rocky outcrop, and city in distance across stream.
Margins decorated with border of floreate and foliate ornament.