King David playing the cymbala

Unknown (English) (attributed to)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
1400-1450
Technique / Medium:
tempera on parchment
Place of creation:
England or Flanders

    Item location

  • Biblioteca nazionale universitaria di Torino
    [Museum inv. no.: ms J.I.9 (Psalter)]f.70r

Description

In the initial letter of the Psalm LXXX (Exultate Deo), King David strikes the cymbala accompanied by other musicians playing two S-shaped trumpets, a flute, a harp, a lute and a double-wing shaped psaltery.

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Bell [2381] (set of bells (cymbala))
Trumpet [4446] (S-shaped)
Flute [3955]
Lute [3394]
Psaltery [3677]

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

3041