Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Book of Hours
France, Paris, ca. 1440
M.303 fol. 67r

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David: communicating with God -- David, crowned, raising right hand, kneeling on one knee, looks up toward half-figure of Christ-Logos, crossed nimbus, raising right hand in blessing, holding globe with left hand. Harp is on ground before David; stream emerges from ground in foreground.
Scene in rocky landscape with buildings in distance.
Margins decorated with border of floreate ornament including dianthus and viola, and inhabited by birds, butterfly and snail.