Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Italy, Padua, ca. 1287-1300
MS M.436 fol. 89v

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Initial:
Man, probably Jerome, nimbed and tonsured, holding cross in right hand and raising left hand in initial U decorated with foliate ornament.
Margins:
Gold balls and foliate bar terminating at top in bird.
Beginning of I Samuel, prologue.