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The Tiberius Psalter. Anglo-Saxon England (Winchester), c.1050.
British Library Cotton Tiberius C VI
Folio 30v, David and his musicians
A larger image of f. 30v: David and his musicians
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David playing his harp, Ethan juggles knives & balls, musicians are Iduthin playing a fiddle and Asaph and Eman with trumpets.
The Holy Spirit is represented as a dove.
Note the patterns on David's sleeves and hem and the cross gartering on his legs.
See also David playing a harp with musicians Ethan, Iduthin, Asaph and Eman, on the cover of the 'Melisende Psalter', Jerusalem, between 1131 and 1143
King David, musicians and soldiers in the Vivian Bible, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Latine 1, folio 215v, 845-851AD