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David Composing the Psalms
Carolingian Psalter, Milan, Italy, late-10th century.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. MS 343, folio 12v

A larger image of David Composing the Psalms. Carolingian Psalter, Milan, Italy, late-10th century. Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. MS 343, folio 12v.

Mailand Letztes Viertel 9. Jh. (?)
Psalter - BSB Clm 343.
Source: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. MS 343

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Referenced in Jeremy Johns, Muslim Artists and Christian Models in the Painted Ceilings of the Cappella Palatina
This pairing of harpist and scribe (or scribes) is familiar, as King David and his Scribe(s), from many Romanesque illustrations of the revelation of the Psalms.
Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. MS 343, fol. 12v: Psalter, Milan, late-10th century
Musician tuning a Triangular Psaltery. Cappella Palatina: Nave ceiling, Muqarnas, Palermo, Sicily, Italy.
Arabic Scribe in the Painted Wooden Ceiling of the Palatine Chapel (Cappella Palatina), Palermo, Sicily, Italy.