Item Info

Script: Rotunda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial E with David and the Just exalting God
Notes: This initial begins Psalm 32, "Exultate iusti in domino ..." (Rejoice in the Lord, O ye just), which was read at Matins on Monday in the first week of Advent. This psalm of praise asks the just to "give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings. Sing to him a new canticle, sing well unto him with a loud noise." The scene in the initials acts out the words of the psalm, with David acting as mediator between God and the group of Benedictines and other figures, many of whom hold instruments, including what appears to be a triangle.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1650619
Country: Country:Italy
Cardinal Point:northern

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 506 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 71:2