Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, ca. 1260
MS M.953 fol. 1r

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Initial: Genesis -- Seven quatrefoil frames within inital I, between text columns. From top to bottom as follows:
1) Creation Scene: 1st Day -- God, with right hand raised in blessing, stands beside disk divided into dark and light.
2) Creation Scene: 2nd Day -- God, with right hand raised in blessing, stands beside disk divided into clouds, water, and firmament.
3) Creation Scene: 3rd Day -- God, with right hand raised in blessing, left hand touching plant, stands flanked by plants.
4) Creation Scene: 4th Day -- God stands, holding sun and moon in His hands.
5) Creation Scene: 5th Day -- God, standing, is flanked by three birds and one fish.
6) Creation Scene: 6th Day -- God, standing, is flanked by animals (two sheep ? ) and man.
7) Creation Scene: God resting -- God, with right hand raised in blessing and book in left hand, sits on bench.
Foliate and animal ornament and pen flourishes on serifs of initial I.