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Image © Hildesheim, St Godehard
Context:
Iconography: David and his musicians. David sits in the centre playing a viol or rebeck across his knees. He is flanked by two harpists. Above, two men hold cymbals and play trumpets while at the bottom two seated men strike timbrels or little bells with hammers.
Art: Prick holes down the edge of the page
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