Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, possibly Tours, ca. 1540
MS M.1030 fol. 68v

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David: in Prayer -- David, as old man, kneels beside viol with hands extended below cross-surmounted globe amid pink clouds (?) at upper right. Scene in landscape with trees, rocks, and distant city and mountains. Miniature framed by purple border with classical grotesques and foliate ornament.