Plate CVIII · Psalter (Psaltery)
Vol. X (1953) · full-page plate
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Above left: INITIAL OF PSALM 51 in gold and silver outlined in red from the Psalter-hymnal with glosses by Odbert, abbot of St-Bertin (999). The miniature depicts the Nativity and the Annunciation to the Shepherds - Boulogne-sur-Mer, Bibl. municipale, ms. 20, f. 58°. Above right: DAVID PLAYING THE PSALTERY AND GUARDING THE FLOCK. Melody holds her hand on David's shoulder, while Echo looks out from behind a column. Miniature from a Greek Psalter (10th cent.) - Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, ms. gr. 139. Below left: LITERAL ILLUSTRATION OF PSALM 11 from the triple Psalter «Iuxta Hebraeos», Roman and Gallican with glosses, of Canterbury (13th cent.). The miniature depicts: David invoking God, a man falling to the ground, people conversing, God instructing an angel to defend the poor and the unfortunate who invoke him, a furnace with two workers working silver, workers turning a large millstone and a winch, a group of armed men with shields to whom an angel brings a lance - Paris, Bibl. nationale, ms. lat. 8846, f. 20. Below right: PSALTER OF CHARLES VIII in Latin and French (ca. 1490). The miniature illustrates Psalm 52 and depicts David and a fool - Paris, Bibl. naz., ms. lat. 774, f. 63°.