Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 159r

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Zechariah: Calling -- Zechariah, wearing pointed hat, with hands joined and raised, kneels before altar looking up at head of Christ-Logos, emerging from cloud-edged arc of Heaven. Burnished gold background.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament on extenders of initial E.
Illustration of Zechariah 1:1.