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David and his Musicians (Vespasian Psalter, fol. 30v)

A page from the Vespasian Psalter showing David enthroned among his musicians as the psalm calls the righteous to praise the Lord with harp and song (Psalms 33). A tempera illumination on parchment by the Master of the Vespasian Psalter (c. 730).

David and his Musicians (Vespasian Psalter, fol. 30v) by Master of the Vespasian Psalter depicting Psalms 33:1
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Depicted passages

Psalms 33:1-5Primary

About Master of the Vespasian Psalter

Anglo-Saxon

Anonymous 8th-century English illuminator responsible for the Vespasian Psalter (BL Cotton MS Vespasian A I), among the earliest surviving Anglo-Saxon illuminated manuscripts.

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