Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
England, Oxford, ca. 1220
MS M.791 fol. 131v

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Temple of Zerubbabel -- Above, three men, one holding ax or mallet and another, holding with right hand, rope of winch and with left hand container of stones attached to rope, also held by man opposite. Below, one man, stands on roof of building holding stones in each hand and another descends ladder holding stone with right hand on right shoulder.
Scene within initial I against background of gold, decorated with foliate ornament, inhabited by fantastic animals, and interlace.
Beginning of Ezra (Vulg., I Esdras).