Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Abrégé des histoires divines
France, possibly Amiens, between 1300 and 1310
MS M.751 fol. 79v

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Half-figure of ass, mouth open, emerging from earth; man raising right hand, looking toward the ass, standing at right.
Figures against gold background within pink and blue frame decorated with white ornament.
Miniature inserted near text relating papacy of Zacharias, referring to beast prophesying.