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Bible
France, Paris, 1260-1280
MS M.177 fol. 446v
Initial M:
Decorated initial M with two hybrid animals forming infilling.
Illustration for Prologue of I Maccabees.
Initial E:
Mattathias: slaying Jew -- Mattathias raises sword held in right hand and places right hand on head of Jew, kneeling, holding platter with boar's head.
Scene within decorated initial E.
Illustration for I Maccabees.
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