Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Commentary
Spain, perhaps Toledo, 1220
MS M.429 fol. 183r

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Scene, Ecclesiastic: Writing -- Men climbing up tower of San Salvador de Tavara by means of ladder, man pulling bell ropes at bottom of the tower; to right, in second story of the building above doorway with horseshoe arch, two scribes seated on chairs, one writing with stylus in book on stand, one using compass on paper; seated man cutting paper with shears.