Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Bourges, ca. 1473
MS M.677 fol. 65v

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Psalm 096 (Vulg., 095):
David: commanding Return of Zadok -- Two oxen, prodded with stick held by Zadok, tonsured, wearing white habit, pull cart with Ark of Covenant along road. Beyond cart, David, crowned, is mounted on horse next to crowd of figures, including four musicians playing trumpet, fiddle, lute, and harp.In background is landscape, including city, built on lake, and hills, surmounted by castles.