Manuscript Illumination with Singing Monks in an Initial D, from a Psalter, 1501–2, Made in Verona, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink, and gold on parchment, Overall: 9 1/16 x 7 in. (23 x 17.8 cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Girolamo dai Libri (Italian, Verona 1474–1555 Verona), While one monk looks down in pious contemplation, two others gaze at the divine beams of radiating light that inspire their song. But their eyes and voices are drawn outside the frame to the text and music on the page, as if they were reading and singing from the book
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Manuscript Illumination, Singing Monks, Initial D, Psalter, 1501–2, Verona, Italy, Italian, Tempera, ink, gold, parchment, Overall, 9 1/16 x 7, 23 17.8 cm, Manuscripts, Illuminations, Girolamo dai Libri, 1474–1555, monk looks down, pious contemplation, two, gaze, divine beams, radiating light, inspire, song, But, eyes, voices, drawn outside, frame, text, music, page, if, reading, singing, book
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