Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1490
MS M.380 fol. 70v

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David: communicating with God -- On balcony of building, David, nimbed, crowned, kneels with hands raised beside harp. He glances up toward God, nimbed, appearing amid clouds, wearing triple-crowned tiara, raising right hand in blessing and holding globe surmounted by cross in left hand.
Angel, holding sword in both hands, appears above David.
Moulding of building decorated with pseudo-inscriptions.
Landscape with buildings visible over balustrade of building.
Miniature and text framed by decorated border with flowers, including pinks and violas.
Initial D decorated with foliate ornament begins Psalm 6 (Vulg., 6) of the Seven Penitential Psalms.