Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of hours
France, perhaps Bourges, ca. 1522
MS M.1135. Fol. 134r

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David: in Prayer -- Beside harp and rod-like object, David, bearded, wearing sleeveless sackcloth, kneels partly with joined hands raised toward angel above, with right hand aiming arrow and with left hand holding arrows.
Scene before building with tower and arched portal, landscape and buildings in background.
Illustration at beginning of Seven Penitential Psalms.