Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible
Austria, perhaps Vienna, ca. 1435
MS M.230 fol. 7r

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New Testament:
Christ: Miracle of raising Lazarus -- Lazarus, draped in burial cloth, is seated in sarcophagus; lid, on which are two rings, leans against the sarcophagus. Behind him stand three women, two veiled with wimple and two with joined hands, and four (?) men, three wearing hats. Foremost man, wearing headdress, holds scroll inscribed NON POTERAT HIC QUI APERUIT OCULOS CAECI NATI FACERE NE SIC MORERETUR (John 11:37). Christ, nimbed, raising right hand in blessing, stands at foot of the sarcophagus. He holds with left hand scroll inscribed LECHA HABUZ: LAZARE UENI FORAS S. JOANNEM II (John 11:43, variant)
Caption DIE UERWECKHUNG LAZARI UOM TODT IOAN. II is above miniature.
Prophets:
At left, half-figure of Isaiah, wearing hat holds scroll with inscription cited as Isaiah 25:35; below, half-figure of prophet holds blank scroll with both hands.
At right, half-figure of Hosea, wearing hat holds with both hands scroll inscribed ERO MORS TUA O MORS [...] DE MORTE REDIMAM EOS (Hosea 13:14, variant); below half-figure of prophet or king, crowned, wearing headdress, with braided beard, holds with both hands scroll inscribed MEMENTO HOMO QUIA PULUIS ES ET IN PULUEREM REUERTERIS [...] (Genesis 3:19, variant)
Old Testament:
1) Elijah: raising Widow's Son -- Elijah, wearing hat, standing in doorway of building, extends hands to infant held in both hands of woman, veiled with wimple. Another woman, with joined hands, stands behind her.
Description below miniature with citation for I Kings 17 (Vulg., III Kings 17).
2) Elisha: raising Son of Shunammite Woman -- Visible through two arches, infant, possibly nude, reclines on woven mat; Elisha crouches over the infant, his right hand around shoulders of the infant. Outside of the arched openings sit two women, veiled with wimples, one with joined hands.
Description below miniature with citation for II Kings 4 (Vulg., IV Kings 4).