Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Delft, 1460-1520
MS M.71 fol. 58v

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David: commanding Uriah -- David, wearing hat, gestures to Uriah, wearing hat and armor, standing beside him. In background, Bathsheba, wearing headdress, stands in pool of water beside maid. David is shown again in window of palace behind her.
Margins with scattered flowers, including roses, daisies, and violas, inhabited by flies and butterflies.