Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

I Kings.
Bologna, Italy, ca. 1270
MS G.38.I, fol. 133r

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David: cherished by Abishag -- David, crowned, nude, gesturing with right hand, body draped, reclining on mattress, looks toward Abishag hands extended toward David. She is flanked by two men, one grasping her right wrist.
All within initial E at beginning of I Kings (Vulg., III Kings)
In left margin, next to initial, Evangelist Symbol of Mark (?), pearled nimbus, head of lion on human body, holding book with both hands.
In lower margin, two men, with swords and small round shields (buckler) are enclosed in medallions of decorated, foliate vines.