Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Breviary
France, possibly Toulouse, ca. 1490
M.463 fol. 276v

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David: as Musician -- David, wearing crown, sits in throne and plays harp. Scene in room with portal open onto landscape setting.
Margin is decorated with floreate border, including strawberries, roses, and daisies, inhabited by nude male, holding bow in left hand, and two wild men, wrestling.