Sujet
Initial D: David Pointing to His Mouth; Psalter, after 1205. Creator: Master of Ingeborg Psalter.
Légende
Initial D: David Pointing to His Mouth; Psalter, after 1205. Additional Info: A demon tugs on David's cloak, tempting him to sin with his tongue, as warned against in the first line of the psalm: "I said I will heed my ways that I not sin with my tongue." The illuminator masterfully rendered David's jaw, clenched against the demon's temptation. An angel rushes in from the clouds and points to David's eye, which may be a reference to his lustful spying on Bathsheba. Medieval commentators associated Psalm 38 with David's sin of sending Bathsheba's husband to be killed in battle, leaving him free to pursue her.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM25A00_359
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NA
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NA
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Droits gérés
Format disponible
78,4Mo (4,8Mo) / 36,1cm x 54,4cm / 4263 x 6428 (300dpi)