Sujet

Initial S: A Monk Praying in the Water; Noted Breviary, about 1420. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Initial S: A Monk Praying in the Water; Noted Breviary, about 1420. Additional Info:A monk engulfed in water clings to the central curve of an initial S that begins the first verse of Psalm 68, "Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul." Once part of a manuscript used in monastic church services, the large scale of this leaf coupled with the size of its script made it practical for reading by a group of monks standing together at a lectern. Instead of the usual figure pictured for this psalm, King David, the purported author of the Psalms, the illuminator substituted a Benedictine monk to appeal to the monastic community who owned this manuscript and who read and sang from it.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A74_133

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,8Mo (2,0Mo) / 30,3cm x 42,0cm / 3577 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy Italian people male man men religious arts country detail religion metal book guy monk monks color decoration decorative medieval gold prayer praying kneeling text location century page ink alphabet literature concept border details decorated margin manuscript posture lettering liturgy Colour inset description floral border mediaeval Middle Ages Latin text gold leaf foliate 15th century book of hours breviary fifteenth century illuminated manuscript tempera vellum ink manuscript Unknown gold Latin Script lower case Folio letter S liturgical Heritage Art in prayer 1420s Detached leaf recto Decorated Initial Tempera colours gold leaf and ink Historiated Initial