EditorialBahram Gur hunting. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Bahram Gur hunting while Azada plays the harp, mounted on a camel. The usual riotous landscape, considerably enlivened by two ibexes dancing on their hind-legs to Azada's har...
EditorialMoses, Aaron the High Priest and King David. Passover Haggadah. Hamburg and Altona, 1740. Moses with the Tablets of the law (right) and Aaron the High Priest(left); above is King David harping. Image taken from Passover Haggadah. Originally published...
EditorialPsalm 1; Beatus initial, with David harping and the Judgement of Solomon. Men in combat astride lions and dragons. Seven medallions: Creation of the Firmament; Creation of the Earth and Waters; Creation of the Trees; Creation of the Sun and Moon; Creat...
EditorialFol. 214v, Psalm 1, historiated initial 8, David harping, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(?), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves.
EditorialInitial 'B', the opening page of Psalm 1. In the centre, Christ blessing, below, David harping, surrounded by angels and saints. Four musicians in roundels in the corners of the border. Evesham Psalter. England [Worcester region?]; circa 1250-1260. Sou...
EditorialFol. 214v, Psalm 1, historiated initial 8, David harping, c. 1275-1300. Southern France, Toulouse(?), 13th century. Bound illuminated manuscript in Latin; brown morocco binding; ink, tempera and gold on vellum; 533 leaves.
EditorialBeatus page. Psalm 1, beginning with initial 'B', King David harping. Border decoration with birds. Lower margin; the arms of England and the Counts of Holland between David and Goliath. The psalter was probably commissioned to celebrate the proposed ...
EditorialBahram Gur hunting. Shahnama of Firdawsi, with 39 miniatures. Opaque w. 1614. Bahram Gur hunting while Azada plays the harp, mounted on a camel. The usual riotous landscape, considerably enlivened by two ibexes dancing on their hind-legs to Azada's har...
EditorialMoses, Aaron the High Priest and King David. Passover Haggadah. Hamburg and Altona, 1740. Moses with the Tablets of the law (right) and Aaron the High Priest(left); above is King David harping. Image taken from Passover Haggadah. Originally published...
EditorialInitial 'B', the opening page of Psalm 1. In the centre, Christ blessing, below, David harping, surrounded by angels and saints. Four musicians in roundels in the corners of the border. Evesham Psalter. England [Worcester region?]; circa 1250-1260. Sou...
EditorialBeatus Page. Psalter. England [London?]; circa 1220-1230. [Whole opening] Beatus page. Initial 'B', with roundels depicting animal musicians. Corner medallions with seated prophets; at the sides, David harping, and a man with an ape on a chain. Psalm 1...
EditorialPsalm 1; Beatus initial, with David harping and the Judgement of Solomon. Men in combat astride lions and dragons. Seven medallions: Creation of the Firmament; Creation of the Earth and Waters; Creation of the Trees; Creation of the Sun and Moon; Creat...
EditorialDavid with female figure. Mar Saba Psalter. Jerusalem; circa 1090. [Whole folio] David harping, accompanied by a female figure; perhaps a personification of Melodia Image taken from Mar Saba Psalter. Originally published/produced in Jerusalem; circa ...
EditorialHistoriated initial 'B'(eatus) with David harping, and David and Goliath, partial border and dragon in the lower margin, at the beginning of Psalm 1. Psalter, including a calendar, canticles. France, Central (Paris?); last quarter of the 13th century. ...
EditorialBeginning of Psalm 1, with decorated initial 'B; with a dancer, and David harping. Borders with leaf decoration. Psalter with Old English Gloss. England [New Minster?, Winchester]; circa 1073. Source: Arundel 60, f.13. Language: Latin with Old English.
EditorialThe Last Judgement. Book of Hours. France [Paris]; circa 1436. [Whole folio] Penitential Psalms. Christ seated, showing his wounds, with kneeling figures, and the damned thrown by demons into the mouth of hell. Psalm 6 beginning with intial 'D', David ...