Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Psalter-Hours
France, Bourges, 1455-1460
MS M.67 fol. 49r

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Psalm 027 (Vulg., 026).
David, crowned, wearing mantle with ermine-lined collar and money purse hanging from waist, kneels beside harp on ground, with left hand pointing to eye with left hand, and looks toward God, with raised right hand in blessing, and globe in left hand, surrounded by red angels in arc of heaven, emitting rays.
Scene in landscape setting within arched gold frame surrounded by foliate border.