Item Info
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front 48:19
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: Initial D with King David playing the harp
Notes: This initial begins the first response of the first nocturn of Wednesday Matins in the fourth week after Easter: "Deus, canticum novum cant[abo tibi] ..." (Lord, I will sing to you a new song).
According to tradition, David, the biblical king of Israel, composed the psalms. Hence, David is often shown playing a harp or psaltery according to his role as the author of these sung prayers.
The initial was illuminated by the Italian painter Neri da Rimini, whom documents show to have been active in Rimini and Bologna in the early fourteenth century.
Sirsi Catalog Key:
1661856
Country:
Country:Italy
Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin):
1399
Image Dimensions Width:
220 mm
ShelfMark:
Lewis E M 48:18-20
Creator Name:
Neri da Rimini - Artist
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