Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.323 II, fol. 162r

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Malachi: Calling -- Malachi, wearing pointed hat, stands before altar, raising left hand and looking toward head of Christ-Logos, cross-nimbed, 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, and within, initial L.
Illustration of Malachi 1:1.