Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 8r

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Cain: building City of Enoch -- Three men, one kneeling, wearing hat, with pan of mortar and trowel, one standing, with pickaxe, both on ground before wall, and the third man kneeling on top of the wall, laying stone. City behind wall.
In upper, lower, left, and center margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of Genesis 04:17