Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

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

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Psalm 039 (Vulg., 038).
David, crowned, as orant, kneels beside bench on which is harp. He looks toward God, with right hand raised in blessing, and globe in left hand, surrounded by angels (possibly cherubim) in arc of heaven.
Scene in landscape setting beside entry to castle, all within arched gold frame surrounded by foliate border.