| Title: | Anointing of David |
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| Notes: | The significant manuscript known as the Paris Psalter consists of 449 leaves with 14 illuminations created in a style that is more classical than Byzantine. It represents the high artistic achievements of the Macedonian Renaissance.A short essay on the artistic and spiritual meaning of this artwork is available from The Visual Commentary on Scripture, https://thevcs.org/anointing-david/sacred-rule. |
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| Date: | 10th century |
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| Building: | Bibliothèque nationale de France
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| Object/Function: | Manuscript illumination |
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| City/Town: | Paris
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| Country: | France
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| Scripture: | Samuel II, 5:1-5, 9-10
Samuel I, 16:1-13
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| Person as Subject: | David, King of Israel (Biblical figure)
Samuel (Biblical figure)
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| Lectionary links: | BProp09
ALent04
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| General Subject: | Anointing of David
Visual Commentary on Scripture
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| Attribution: | Anointing of David, from Art in the Christian Tradition, a project of the Vanderbilt Divinity Library, Nashville, TN. https://diglib.library.vanderbilt.edu/act-imagelink.pl?RC=55312 [retrieved April 24, 2024]. Original source: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Paris_psaulter_gr139_fol3v.jpg. |
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| Record Number: | 55312
Last Updated: 2021-10-08 08:19:41
Record Created: 2012-04-16 18:08:58 |
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| Institution: | Vanderbilt University
Collection: Art in the Christian Tradition |
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