David and Jonathan
Item
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Title
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David and Jonathan
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Type
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Illuminated manuscript leaf
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Creator
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various
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Date
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c 1295
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Description
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This image is a leaf from La Somme le roi, a moral treatise written by Dominican Friar Laurent d'Orléans, and illustrated by many several secular illuminators.
On the left:
A crowned female figure stands on a dragon and holds a medallion as a dove. The inscription above, "Amistie," her labels her as "friendship." Beneath Friendship, David and Jonathan embrace over an inscription "David et Jonathas."
On the right: Elias cringes away from a lamp below below an inscription "hely" (hatred). Below this, Saul is threatening to kill David, above an inscription "saul et david."
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Source
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Source
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Format
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JPEG
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Language
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Old French
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Identifier
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MS 54180 f. 107