Beatus Vir - approx 1250

 BEATUS VIR - APPROX 1250 AD  #beatusvir #psalter 

Here is a Beatus Vir in which color is more important than ornament. Note the use of gold and blue the two most expensive pigments and the two images with the top one being David playing his harp and the bottom a younger David chopping off Goliath's head. The layout of the letter is also noteworthy as the illuminator had to deal with the problem of making the Be fit into a frame with room for pictures but also fitting in in the rest of the phrase  ... eatvsvirnote the usage of V for U and the style of the A.