Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D with Monks Singing, ca. 1495
Girolamo Dai Libri (Italian, Veronese, ca. 1474/75–1555)
Italian; from the Olivetan monastery of Santa Maria in Organa, Verona
Tempera and gold leaf on parchment

Overall: 9 1/16 x 7 in. (23 x 17.8 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1912 (12.56.4)

The illumination heralds the beginning of Psalm 45: "Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles . . ."

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"Girolamo Dai Libri: Leaf from a Psalter: Initial D with Monks Singing (12.56.4)". In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/book/ho_12.56.4.htm (February 2009)

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Boehm, Barbara Drake. "Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choral Manuscripts, 1300–1500." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 66, no. 3 (Winter, 2009).