Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, Paris, 1350-1400
M.149 fol. 29r

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David: as Musician -- David, crowned, is seated on bench, resting right hand on lap, raising hammer in left hand to play cymbala (bell).
Margins decorated with rectilinear bars from which sprout vines on which are king, extending bell with left hand; three birds, one possibly sparrow; hybrid man raising right arm.