Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
Netherlands, Utrecht, ca. 1490
MS S.1 fol. 128r

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David: in Prayer -- David kneels with joined hands raised beside crown and harp. City in background. All in decorated initial H.
Margins with vinescroll and floreate ornament, including peapod, with vignette in lower right corner:
David: encountering Goliath -- David, as youth, holding sling in right hand and gathered garment in left hand, stands before Goliath, wearing helmet and gauntlets, with scimitar at waist and holding mace in both hands. City and tents in background.