Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1325
MS M.322 I, fol. 16v

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Cain and Abel: bringing Offerings -- Abel, wearing pointed hat, holding ram in raised arms, and Cain, holding sack extended, both wearing pointed hats, kneel before draped altar, above which head of God emerges from orange cloud. Diapered background with fleur-de-lis.
Frame of pink and blue decorated with gold and geometric ornament. Geometric and foliate ornament, rinceau, in margin inhabited by bird, and three-legged stool next to which man, wearing hat, kneels.
Illustration of Genesis 4:1-4.