Sujet

Initial A: King David Enthroned; Collegium Ducale, about 1420-1430. Creator: Master Michael.

Légende

Initial A: King David Enthroned; Collegium Ducale, about 1420-1430. Additional Info:King David sits pensively within an elegant initial A , opening the introit for the first Sunday in Advent. The introit, whose text is taken from Psalm 24, continues vertically on the side of the initial in alternating red and blue letters: Ad te levavi an[imam meam] (To you I will lift up my spirit). King David, believed to be the author of the psalms, holds a scepter and an orb with a cross on top as attributes of royal authority. The elegance of the International style is evident in the subtle modeling of the face and the drapery folds.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A71_256

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,0Mo (2,6Mo) / 30,4cm x 42,0cm / 3592 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature leaves people male college man men religious education plant plants country religion leaf Vienna Austria monarch guy color king decoration royal medieval Austrian text location century David alphabet royalty concept decorated manuscript lettering Theology Colour Advent Old Testament orb mediaeval enthroned Middle Ages letter a throne sceptre Psalms 15th century acanthus acanthus leaf fifteenth century illuminated manuscript sovereign vellum manuscript acanthus leaves Heritage Art Psalm 24 folio recto Decorated Initial Tempera colours gold leaf and ink Book of Psalms Collegium Ducale Master Michael Michael Master