Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Langres, 1495-1500
MS M.271 fol. 65r

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Absalom: Death -- Joab, wearing helmet and armor, seated astride caparisoned horse with armor inscribed with monograms (?), with lance held in right hand pierces breast of Absalom, wearing armor, pierced by two broken-off lances, hanging from his hair in tree. Behind Joab is army of helmeted soldiers with spears.
In vignette in lower margin:
David: in Prayer -- David, wearing armor, with joined hands raised, beside harp.
Miniatures and textblock enclosed in architectural frame.