Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter
France, Paris, between 1495 and 1498
MS M.934 fol. 22v

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Psalm 017 (Vulg., 016) -- Saul, wearing crown, flees, with group of soldiers, wearing helmets and carrying spears. Behind them is soldier, raising scimitar in right hand and holding shield in left hand, and David, crowned, wearing armor on his legs, kneeling with joined hands raised. In background is second group of soldiers, wearing helmets and carrying spears. Spears and blood scattered on ground. Scene in landscape setting.
Margin is decorated with foliate border.