Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, Paris, between 1495 and 1498
MS M.934 fol. 201v

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Psalm 141 (Vulg., 140) -- David, wearing crown, kneels with hands raised before draped altar over which is canopy. Behind David is group of figures, the foremost of which kneels with joined hands raised. Scene in room decorated with curtain and with sculptures of figures.
Margin is decorated with foliate border, including strawberries, inhabited by bird.