Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Italy, Ferrara, ca. 1461
MS M.227 fol. 75r

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In floreate initial D, David, with joined hands, kneels before altar (?) in niche, below lamp.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament of flowering vines partially entwined with blank scroll, inhabited by squatting putto, holding on head with both arms, vase from which emerge flowering vines.