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King David in Prayer in an Initial B  1450

by Zanobi Strozzi

The initial B introduces Psalm 1: B[eatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum et in via peccatorum non] stetit et in c[athedra pestilentiae non sedit] ("Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers"). [br]King David kneels in prayer, his eyes raised toward a vision of the hand of God, b...
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Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art