Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Tours, ca. 1490-1500
MS M.1054 fol. 88r

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David: in Prayer -- David, nimbed and crowned, wearing armor, with joined hands, looks up. Harp is in front of him. Rays descend from above.
Scene in landscape with buildings in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including viola and strawberry, and inhabited by two birds.