# The Black Hours [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [MINIATURIST, Flemish]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Manuscript \(M. 493\), 170 x 120 mm \(folio size\) ## Commentary The Black Hours c. 1475 Manuscript \(M. 493\), 170 x 120 mm \(folio size\) The Morgan Library and Museum, New York The miniature on folio 76v precedes the text of the seven Penitential Psalms. It depicts the Old Testament king, prophet and psalmist David, clad in the garb of a late medieval ruler. ## Related artworks - [Apocalypse]() - [Boccaccio: Des cas des ruynes des nobles hommes et femmes]() - [Boethius: De consolatione philosophiae]() - [Book of Hours \(La Flora\)]() - [Book of Hours \(La Flora\)]() - [Book of Hours of Isabella of Castile]() - [Book of Hours of Isabella of Castile]() - [Book of Hours of Marie of Gueldern]() - [Book of Hours of Marie of Gueldern]() - [Book of Hours]() - [Book of Hours]() - [Book of Hours]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()