Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
France or England, ca. 1260-1270
MS M.138 fol. 99v

See more information »

David: cherished by Abishag -- David, crowned, raising left hand, reclines on draped bed. At his bedside, servant, wearing pointed cap, holds right hand of Abishag, wearing hair net, with his right hand and places his left arm around her.
Scene within decorated initial E.
Illustration for I Kings 1:3-4.