Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Belgium, ca. 1475
MS M.254 fol. 125v

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David: in Prayer -- In profile, David, wearing brown robe, with joined hands raised, kneeling beside harp and draped headgear, on rocky shore near river in which swims two bird. Above him, angel in sky with upraised sword. Decorated border of scrolling foliate and floreate ornament. Miniature at beginning of Seven Penitential Psalms.