Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, Girolamo dai Libri, 1501–2

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Manuscript Illumination with David in Prayer in an Initial M, from a Psalter, 1501–2, Made in Verona, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Overall: 8 15/16 x 6 1/4 in. ( x cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), Like the singing monks in Girolamo dai Libri's miniature executed for the same psalter (displayed nearby), David appears here in prayer with his mouth open and his gaze turned heavenward. In many images of David, God the Father appears above him as the object of his inspiration

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