Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, Bruges, 1531
MS M.451 fol. 75v

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David: in Prayer -- David, wearing fur-lined mantle and gold chains, kneels on ground beside scepter, harp, and hat-shaped crown, with joined hands raised toward angel, holding three arrows in right hand, in heaven. In background, dog runs on road behind two horsemen and two men on foot. Scene in landscape with trees and distant city of Jerusalem.