Item Info

Script: Gothic hybrida
Language: Latin
Folio Number: f. 5v
Original Year/Month/Day: 1430
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: A colophon at the end of the Psalms (f. 125r) dates this manuscript to 1430.
Notes: Portrait of David
Notes: This image of David playing the harp appears above a preface to a glossed Psalter. The medieval Christians believed that David, the Old Testament king and ancestor of Christ, composed the Psalms. The term "psalm" derives from the Greek word "psalmos," which means "song sung accompanied by a harp." This etymology explains the iconography of David playing the harp. This image therefore functions as a type of author portrait for the Psalms.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1583248
Country: Country:Germany

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1450
Image Dimensions Width: 295 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E 188