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Frick Fine Arts Library
Book of Hours
The Seven Penitential Psalms
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Library
Book of Hours
The Seven Penitential Psalms
This section usually opens with a miniature of David, here seen kneeling in prayer, with his harp at his side. In earlier Books of Hours, from the 13th and 14th centuries, these psalms would be prefaced by a picture of Christ as judge.
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Arts Library, University of Pittsburgh; Text, Susan Blackman and Judith
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