King David in Prayer in an Initial B, Zanobi Strozzi, ca. 1450

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King David in Prayer in an Initial B, ca. 1450, Tempera on parchment, 5 5/8 x 5 3/8 in. ( x ), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Zanobi Strozzi (Italian, Florence 1412–1468 Florence), The initial B introduces Psalm 1: Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non stetit et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit ('Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers

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