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Queer Storytelling in Visual Media

David and Jonathan

Item

Title
David and Jonathan
Type
Illuminated manuscript leaf
Creator
various
Date
c 1295
Description
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."
Source
Source
Format
JPEG
Language
Old French
Identifier
MS 54180 f. 107

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