King David playing the harp

Unknown (German)


Item type:
manuscript, codex, scroll
Date of creation:
2nd half of 13th century
Technique / Medium:
colours on parchment
Place of creation:
Deutschland

Additional titles

Beatus vir [initial B]

    Item location

  • Kloster Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek
    [Museum inv. no.: Engelberg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 113, fol. 11r.]

Description

King David playing harp [Choir psalter, initial B of psalm "Beatus vir"].

People as subjects

David, King of Israel (Musician)

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Harp [3285]

RIdIM images


Bibliographic references

Blumer, Ann Barbara. "Codex 113 aus Engelberg – ein Privatpsalterium des 13. Jahrhunderts", Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 50 (1993) 145-163, 152: fig. 10, 158.

Notes

Research Project Hochschule Luzern-Musik, Switzerland (Antonio Baldassarre, Brigitte Bachmann-Geiser, Dorothea Baumann)

RIdIM record id

4293