Manuscript Summary: This calligram depicting King David playing a harp comprises the Latin text of what is known as the Seven Penitential Psalms (6, 31, 37, 50, 101, 129 and 142) and of Psalm 138. The calligram is signed by the well-known Jewish scribe-artist Aaron Wolf Herlingen, the creator of the Haggadah from 1725 (B284) in the Braginsky Collection. The artist used a technique in which text is written in miniscule letters, also known as micrography. Herlingen wrote this calligram for Prince Joseph II (1741-1790), the son of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. (red)
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12/20/2016
Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B316
Parchment · 1 f. · 18.5 x 12.1 cm · Vienna, copied by Aaron Wolf Herlingen · 1751
Septem Psalmi Poenitentiales and Ps. 138
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Zürich, Braginsky Collection, B316, f. 1r – Septem Psalmi Poenitentiales and Ps. 138 (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/bc/b-0316)
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