In this miniature from a choir book the Master of the Cypresses, a Spanish painter and manuscript illuminator, portrays King David using the letter 'S' with two dragon heads as a desk. Regularly depicted as an acclaimed courageous warrior, a poet, and musician credited for composing much of the psalms contained in the "Book of Psalms," King David is widely viewed as a righteous and effective king in battle and civil justice.
Sometimes in illuminated manuscripts the initials were purely decorative, but often they work with the text to mark important passages or to enhance or comment on the meaning of the text. What story might follow this image?
Master of the Cypresses, "Initial S with King David as Scribe," 1430s, miniature on vellum
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