Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Angers or Nantes, ca. 1440
M.63 fol. 75r

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David: communicating with God -- Half-figure of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, raises right hand in gesture of blessing and in left hand holds tripartite globe. He is in rayed arc of heaven. Below him is David, wearing crown, kneeling, with hands raised, beside harp. Scene in landscape setting, with buildings of city and windmill.
Margins are decorated with floreate border, including strawberries. In lower margin is peacock and in right margin is escutcheon with heraldic decoration.