King David playing the cymbala

Unknown (French)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
France
School:
French school

    Item location

  • Biblioteca Reale (Torino)
    [Museum inv. no.: ms Varia 200 (Bible de Sens)]f.358r

Description

Above the incipit of Psalm LXXX (Exultate Deo), King David, sitting on an ark, strikes four large cymbala (bells) with two thin hammers.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Santarelli, Cristina. "Tipologie di Re Davide nei codici miniati medievali", Prospettive di iconografia musicale, ed. by Nicoletta Guidobaldi (Milano: Mimesis, 2007) 109-128. ISBN 9788884835765. RILM 2007-12791.

Santarelli, Cristina. "Iconografia musicale nei codici miniati delle biblioteche torinesi", Miscellanea di Studi 6, ed. by Alberto Basso (Torino: Istituto per i Beni Musicali in Piemonte, 2006) 25-45.

RIdIM record id

3039