Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France, Paris, third quarter of the 13th century
MS M.494 fol. 200v

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David: cherished by Abishag -- David, crowned, his head resting on square cushion, right hand touching head, semi-reclines on draped bed, extending left hand toward male figure, his right arm across the front of Abishag, wearing hairnet, her arms crossed at her waist. Scene is against background of burnished gold, below three trilobed arches, within initial L.
Beginning of I Kings (Vulg., III Kings).