Item Info

Script: Bastarda
Language: Latin
Folio Number: front
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes: David in the Watery Deep
Notes: This miniature from a breviary begins Psalm 68, "Salvum me fac Deus quoniam intraverunt aquae usque ad animam meam" (Save me O Lord, for the waters are come in even unto my soul), which was read during Matins of every Thursday. David, who was believed in the Middle Ages to have composed the Psalms, typically appears as the subject in psalter illustration as he does here, enacting the literal meaning the first line of the psalm. This miniature comes from the same manuscript as Lewis E M 9:19-26.
Sirsi Catalog Key: 1574945
Country: Country:France
Cardinal Point:northern

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1499
Image Dimensions Width: 95 mm
ShelfMark: Lewis E M 9:18