Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Piccolomini breviary
Italy, Lombardy, ca. 1475
MS M.799 fol. 46r

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Bust possibly of David, nimbed, raising right hand, in initial O (sic), at beginning of Psalm 132 (Vulg., 131).
In lower margin, surrounded by foliage, flowers and gold balls, bust of king, crowned.
Pen-flourished initials.