Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1500
MS H.5 fol. 84r

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Upper vignette:
David and Bathsheba: in Bed -- Heads of Bathsheba, wearing headdress, and David, wearing crown above headgear, are visible in bed beneath canopy. At right is Nathan (?), wearing hat, raising right hand.
Lower vignette:
David and Bathsheba -- David, wearing crown, raising right hand, stands beside Bathsheba, wearing hat, raising right hand. Scene in room.
Caption between vignettes reads, NATHA(N) VENOIT PO(UR) EMPESCHERIER CE GRANT PECHIE MAIS NO OBSTA(N)T DAUID LA RETUITA COUCHER CE LUY ENGENORA VNG ENFANT.
Margins decorated with floreate border, including daisies and violas, inhabited by fly and by hybrid animal with squirrel on its back.