Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 421v

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Initial:
Below arch in upper register of initial I is half figure of male saint, probably James, decorated nimbus; in lower register below arch stand four men, one nimbed, looking upward.
Scene within initial decorated with foliate ornament.
Margin:
Gold balls, and vine decorated with balls and foliate ornament terminating in foliate medallion enclosing fish.
Beginning of James.