Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Bible Historiale
France, Paris, ca. 1415
MS M.394 fol. 152r

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Jeroboam: Golden Calves -- Three men, one wearing hat, one with purse at waist, kneel behind Jeroboam, wearing crown and ermine-trimmed mantle, kneeling with joined hands raised toward golden calf on altar. Scene in landscape with trees and mountains.
In upper, lower, and left margins, ivy-rinceaux foliate decoration.
Illustration of I Kings 12:28.