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BOOKS OF HOURS: Introduction
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PSALTERS: Introduction
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LITURGICAL: Introduction
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LITERARY: Introduction
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Gallican Psalter with Canticles Germany, Augsburg, c. 1520 Nikolaus Bertschi, c. 1480/90-1541/42 Scenes from the Life of King David. Duke Wilhelm IV of Bavaria (1493–1550) commissioned this Psalter from the professional illuminator Nikolaus Bertschi in about 1520. David plays a psaltery in the initial B, but the miniatures surrounding the text have a strong military theme. David confronts Goliath at the top of the page, while David's rebellious son, Absalom, hangs from a tree in the lower border. The Library Company of Philadelphia, MS 4, fol. 1
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