Illuminated Manuscript Leaf from and Antiphonal with Miniature of King David; Psalms 110, 111

by Illuminated Manuscript Leaf

$6,800 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

ILLUMINATED ANTIPHONAL LEAF WITH EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE HISTORIATED INITIAL OF KING DAVID AS PSALMIST. The recto features a stunning, large 6 1/4 x 7 in. initial “T” featuring a miniature of David the Psalmist, captured mid-song with instrument in hand as an angel unfurls the opening of the Psalm 110 Dixit Dominus —a classic image of divine inspiration rendered with rich pigments and a thickly burnished gold initial

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