Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, ca. 1470
MS M.30 fol. 123v

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David: communicating with God -- David, eyes closed, orant, kneels next to harp and hat with crown. Above, head of God, crossed nimbus appears in arc of Heaven emanating rays.
Scene in landscape with buildings, water with ships. Miniature in grisaille with gold and color detail.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament, in grisaille with color detail, inhabited by owl.