Reber, Franz, Clarke, Joseph Thacher, d. 1920, tr · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 285
on. A striking example of this is the picture of Davidwith the choir of singers and musicians which is introduced intonearly all the Psalters of that period,—chief among which is thatof Charles the Bald in Paris, and the Psalterium Aureum in St.Gall. The bending of the bodies in the ecstatic dance,… … Fig. 133.—David feigning Madness. Miniature from the Codex Aureus of Charles the Bald in St. Gall. Gall, representing the feigned madness of David when recognizedat the court of Achish, king of Gath. It is difficult to imagine amore striking illustration of the words of the king to his servants:…
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