Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 147r

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Hosea: Calling -- Hosea, wearing pointed hat, arms extended, kneels before altar, looking up at head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, emerging from cloud-edged arc of Heaven. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial L.
Illustration of Hosea 1:1.